I'm heading to the Preston show tomorrow and hope there will be a trader selling paints.
I need something from the Humbrol solvent based acrylic rattle can range which will closest match BR green, and have looked at No. 80 Grass Green but maybe someone has better eyesight/colour vision than I do and can suggest a closer match. :helpneededsign:
P.S. It's for a diesel brake tender
Good luck with the paint! :thumbsup:
Looking forward to pics of the show :beers:
A little more expensive, but usually guarantees a more correct colour, RailMatch
Not sure what time period of BR Green you require
RM300 / RM1300 BR Brunswick Green
However, 1957 to 1966 comes up as BR Maroon
RM306 / RM1306
Totally agree, go for the Railmatch paints, really good colour, great paints and reliable.
Best wishes
Simon
I'm in agreement for the railmatch range too..
I'm not sure if the brunswick green is available in a spray can though, but some colours are. EDIT: It is..https://www.hattons.co.uk/341967/Railmatch_Paints_RM1300_BR_brunswick_green_150ml_spray_aerosol/StockDetail.aspx (https://www.hattons.co.uk/341967/Railmatch_Paints_RM1300_BR_brunswick_green_150ml_spray_aerosol/StockDetail.aspx)
Have you thought about Halfords' rattle can range?
Cheers
Mark
Thanks but I want acrylics, not enamels, as I'm using acrylic primer, varnishes etc and don't want any adverse reaction.
Mick, have you seen this thread?
https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=36618.msg485630#msg485630 (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=36618.msg485630#msg485630)
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Hope this helps,
Alex
I thought Railmatch had changed some of their formulations to acrylic.
Halfords Rover Brooklands Green is a good match if you are unlucky at the show.
Bob
Thanks All,
I struck out at the show as no traders were carrying Humbrol rattle cans but my local model shop afterwards had the No.80 Grass Green (matt acrylic). It might be a little light but the end product will be filthed up anyway :D
Quote from: MJKERR on March 01, 2019, 03:53:26 PM
A little more expensive, but usually guarantees a more correct colour, RailMatch
Not sure what time period of BR Green you require
RM300 / RM1300 BR Brunswick Green
However, 1957 to 1966 comes up as BR Maroon
Is that another variation of Stroudley's "improved Engine Green"?
:D
Quote from: Bob G on March 02, 2019, 10:00:33 AM
Halfords Rover Brooklands Green is a good match if you are unlucky at the show.
Bob
I agree. That is the shade I used on my Class 41 Warship and it looks about right to my eye.
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/74/medium_207-020319210213.jpeg)
Looks great, am impressed with the finish from a rattle can on something that small!
Pop the cans in the airing cupboard for a couple of hours before you retire to the freezing shed/ attic!
Paint spray will be improved ( and store nozzle down)
Quote from: Railwaygun on March 03, 2019, 01:58:38 AM
Pop the cans in the airing cupboard for a couple of hours before you retire to the freezing shed/ attic!
Paint spray will be improved ( and store nozzle down)
I understand the benefits of warm cans, but what's the benefit of keeping them upside down?
If you keep them right way up they are almost inevitably single use cans, as the paint dries in the nozzle. Of course, you can always have a supply of new nozzles...
Storing them upside down helps, but is not guaranteed to work either.
Quote from: Bob G on March 03, 2019, 10:17:26 AM
If you keep them right way up they are almost inevitably single use cans, as the paint dries in the nozzle. Of course, you can always have a supply of new nozzles...
Storing them upside down helps, but is not guaranteed to work either.
Once I've finished, I always spray the upside down can into a rag until only 'air' comes out and then wipe the nozzle. Then store the cans upright, never had a blocked nozzle yet. (Touch wood)
Me too, and TBH I store mine on their sides :)
I'm just explaining why you might store them upside down.
Just a thought about paint and scale effects etc. I used to belong to a military modelling society, where folk talked in 6-digit numbers about federal standard colours etc. Now accurate colours are one thing but how do you account for the effect of light and distance on small scale items? We were always told to lighten the shade to account for this and never to use it straight from the tin/can? These days I'm not going to worry too much about that for my purposes but I just wondered if those in search of great accuracy had considered this?
"Great accuracy!" = more than "less accuracy!" innit! I meant there's being "accurate" and there's being "more accurate" or even "extremely accurate"!!!!!