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Feel free to weigh in with opinions on a possible paint scheme, will also paint the body stripe the same metallic maroon as the wheel rims.

http://s843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/blatham489/1946%20Chevy%20Truck%20Paint%20test/

In 1946 the body was green as base color with red, blue ,or black as options. Black seems to be the choice of colors on the fenders but I am not sure they all came that way. White wall tires were not made from late 41 till Feb 47 but I think white wall tires dress up a vehicle well worth the cost. Jim Carter catalog gives a lot of good information and I would suggest you get owners manual.

Looks like a model to me.

Thank you Captain Obvious. Yes, it's a model. Much cheaper to repaint than the real deal if I don't like how it looks.

I'm aware of the original colors available, but I'm not going for a perfect/ accurate restoration - more like "original inspired". I want it to look original and correct to the average observer, customized to the look I want, and only gearheads (stovebolt heads?) will know it's not original.

I like it.

I like "Captain Obvious" too.

That's a nice color scheme for a light pastel, going with pastel in the interior? Should be cooler than a darker color down there in Houston. I like it.

I painted my 4t6 body with a similiar color. I believe it was Hussein white. I haven't painted the fenders yet and have went thru a bevy of color ideas ranging from maroon to purple and everything inbetween. I'm leaning towards black fenders and lime green stripes. I'm at work now and can't post pictures but here is an older post that you may link to. Have fun and good luck
Dan

Cosmo - thanks, yes, will use the same (Mini-Cooper "Pepper White")for the interior, but will shoot the dash in the maroon metallic. Planning on some form of cream or natural leather for the seats and upholstery. I had wanted a dark exterior color but the painting budget just wouldn't allow the quality of body work needed. And yes, keeping it cooler and "cleaner" (better to hide road grime) were considerations as well.

Chev4t6 - Looked at your album - wow - quite a restoration you're doing, mine is nowhere near that level, just doing a cab-on. With that much effort put into it, I'm sure you're agonizing way more than me on making the right color choice. I too thought about maroon fenders but when I had my son photo shop one like that it just didn't look right. I'm putting my logo on the doors which has maroon and that's why I need the maroon stripe and wheels, but the fenders need something just slightly different to show off the curves and give it that vintage look. I had seen a '38 with gray fenders and light gray cab and bed - probably not original but looked soooo vintage and that's what I'm after.

Thanks for all the feedback.

The area behind the upper grill, and in front of the hoodside, is the wrong color. It should be the lighter color. Change that and redo the photoshop and you may like the results better.

I agree... that panel is part of a surface that should not be broken up with different colors.

IMHO, of course.

And I too agree and will do it that way on the real thing. The model would have required taping off and painting an item twice - I was too lazy for this effort.

Czechman, thank you for charitably referring to re-doing the photoshop - again, too lazy - that is simply the model sitting on a box top in front of my computer screen with an Art Deco building picture in full view mode.

I wasn't suggesting redoing anything in Photoshop. I was merely agreeing with K10's suggestion that the panel in question should be the lighter color.