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flee market find on Saturday thought it was a sun fade at first but after a closer look it appears to be a very light/thin blue top coat
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Hi Reg,
Is the interior discoloured or is it just the plastic window is tinted, I may have one somewhere very similar to this.
Not sure where the No14 models are.
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Classic sunfade, even windows and seats discoloured by it - perhaps this car is from Australia or somewhere else very sunny!
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Note the increased pigmentation where the paint is deeper, and the apparent discolouration of the windows and/or the interior. Looks like a sunfade to me.
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as I said first thought was a sun fade it was just where it is darker in the moulding lines that made me wonder
and yes the windows are a little yellowed but I would have thought they would have been more so given the colour of the paint
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Reg, are the seats the same colour from underneath the model and is the body colour darker on the inside areas.

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the seats are whiter in protected areas and the paint is a little darker underneath about the same tone as the darker patches visible
all evidence moves towards a sun fade your honour
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