It was actually just oxidized red paint, but yes it did look more orange than currently.

If you look at this pic from my previous post, the two chevrons in the upper-right corner are actually still the original paint.
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Honestly all that needed to be done to it was a little TLC with some polish and some elbow grease to get rid of the oxidation.

I'm going to get it repainted with the original paint scheme.

States I landed in N63420 while he was mine:
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