Saturday, April 6, 2019

Tamiya paint mixed for British Dark Green, Earth and Sky.

According to Roy Sunderland of Barrcuda decals fame. Mr Sandford's mixes are spot on.  I wonsdr how the AK Real colors compare?  Below is the Hurricane painted with his mix of Tamiya paint


Photo by M. Sandford.




Martin P. Sanford If I may, I'd like to pitch my mix for this: Dark Earth

4 Parts XF 52 Flat Earth

2 Parts XF 3 Flat Yellow
1 Part XF 51 Khaki Drab
1 Part XF 2 Flat White

Note on RAF Dark Earth:
If you choose to lighten this mix for RAF Dark earth for scale effect, be aware that XF-52 has a strong red component to it; we recommend not using XF-2 Flat White exclusively to lighten this mix because it will make your Dark Earth turn pink. Instead, use more warm colors to lighten this, such as XF-3 or XF-59, which will result in a more appropriate effect.



Martin P. Sanford Frank Crenshaw RAF Dark Green

Note: there are many possible variations of Dark Green from Tamiya acrylics; here are several for your consideration. XF-81 was developed at the time Tamiya released their 1/32 Spitfire IX series; It's a fairly good star
ting point. 

1 Part XF 81 Dark Green 2 (RAF)

OR

1 Part XF 81 Dark Green 2 (RAF)
1 Part XF 73 JSDGF Dark Green

OR

4 Parts XF 81 Dark Green 2 (RAF)
1 Part XF 83 Sea Grey Medium

OR

1 Part XF 61 Dark Green
1 Part XF 65 Field Grey
1 Part XF 73 JSDGF Dark Green
1 Part XF 81 Dark Green 2 (RAF)

Hope these help.



Sky mix:

Roy Sutherland A very good mix for RAF Sky is 1.5 part Tamiya Flat White to 1 part Tamiya Sky.

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