can anyone suggest a paint colour to replicate this colour, please.
I'm looking to have a couple of locos undergoing work, and am fed up with grey primer and red primer. :'(
http://railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=1678020022000 (http://railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=1678020022000)
any suggestions appreciated,
alan
I'm not familiar with what paints are acceptable on model railways, but you'd probably be nearest with an olive in Humbrol paints. i only know that from my Airfix building days. maybe a dash of yellow would liven it up a bit too.
i think B&Q would call it duck egg green these days tho ;D
good choice of primer tho, it would make a change from the red/grey primers seen commonly these days.
Hope this helps
Dale
Have you tried using the Model Paint database:
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint (http://scalemodeldb.com/paint)
You can upload the picture, then select the colour you want a match for. It will give you close matches in most of the major paint ranges.
Happy modelling.
Steven B
Quote from: Steven B on April 02, 2015, 03:57:51 PM
Have you tried using the Model Paint database:
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint (http://scalemodeldb.com/paint)
You can upload the picture, then select the colour you want a match for. It will give you close matches in most of the major paint ranges.
Happy modelling.
Steven B
What a brilliant site Steven - thanks for the link! I was wondering how I was going to get paint matches to PKP colours! :thumbsup:
Quote from: class37025 on April 02, 2015, 02:34:42 PM
can anyone suggest a paint colour to replicate this colour, please.
I'm looking to have a couple of locos undergoing work, and am fed up with grey primer and red primer. :'(
http://railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=1678020022000 (http://railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=1678020022000)
any suggestions appreciated,
alan
Try mixing Sherwood green with some white, and keep adding white until you get that colour.
:thankyousign: Mark
:thankyousign:
for all the replies, I'll try that link later.
do you need to be logged in for it to work ?
thanks again
alan
The same link and some other info is in the forum Knowledge Bank under P for paints, see http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=17538.msg174752#msg174752 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=17538.msg174752#msg174752)
That colour looks a lot like zinc chromate primer, which was used very widely on aircraft parts during WW2 and for some time afterwards - so there are quite a few suitable colours in paint ranges intended for plastic kits. Tamiya XF-71 Cockpit Green (acrylic) is a pretty good match, there are probably others.