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Featured Discussion: PAINT CONVERSIONS - What do you do when all your paint is from Tamiya and the instructions
call for Humbrol's Beige Green? What charts, apps, etc. do you use? Or
do you just eyeball it?
Fourteen people attended, including Lee, who attended his first in person meeting last Friday. Welcome aboard, Lee.
Lou reported Trumpeter's 1/700 HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and Border's 1/35 75mm PAK 40 are available.
We talked about the difference between Vallejo Model Color and Model Air
paints. Basically, Model Air is for airbrushing, Model color is for
brush painting.
Frank C commented on the availability and cost of Mr. Surfacer 500, a
product he finds useful for filling seams. Can anyone suggest a source
or equivalent product? Vaughn asked about stripping paint from a resin
kit, and Gil suggested soaking it in a tub of
Simple Green. Frank G asked about rigging for his Wright Flyer. Chuck
suggested thread run thru beeswax, Russ suggested fly fishing line, and
Simon suggested 5-0 or 6-0 surgical sutures.
We saw Vaughn's repainted F-105, Michael C's SR-71 Blackbird and a
cutaway, motorized, RD-33 engine for a Mig-29, Kevin's Ekranoplan (the
Micro-Mir/AMT kit has been a headache, to put it mildly), Gil's 3D
printed pin up inspired Paratrooper (painted with airbrushed
inks), Frank C's AH 64A Apache and Harrier and Russ' Bell Huey
Cobra. Acquisitions included: M4A1 (76) W VVSS and M51 Degem Alef
(Takom's latest Big Box offering) and
Sd. Kfz. 250/3 "Greif".
The tool of the week was the Mix Paint app Gil has on his iPhone. It
can match colors from an uploaded photo and provide exact mixing ratios.
A similar app for android phones was said to be available.
It turns out we each approach paint conversions differently. Some guys
are comfortable mixing their own colors, some buy the colors/brands
specified on the instructions, and some use any paints that match
Federal Standard colors, color profiles or color photos.
Companies, such as Mech9.com, have paint conversion tables online.
Urban's Color Reference, Parts 1 and 2 can be found on the IPMS
Stockholm website. Model Shade.com is very helpful for matching Federal
Standard colors. Scalemates. com has a color search feature.
At the larger shows, vendors often hand out hard copies of conversion
tables. And if you get confused, just remember, if it looks right, it is
right.
The next meeting is Tuesday, 3/3/26 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Hope to see you there.
~Russ
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