Has anyone compiled a list of the best shades of paints to match the colours on the Nexus and Ares models, please?
I was wondering, which is the best shade of brown to match the S.E.5a's.
Has anyone compiled a list of the best shades of paints to match the colours on the Nexus and Ares models, please?
I was wondering, which is the best shade of brown to match the S.E.5a's.
I've used Revell Olive Yellow Matt #42 acrylic but wouldn't say it's exact. Others have used similar shades from Vallejo. You could look in the colours and markings sub forum.
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I've used Vallejo "Brown Violet", but as a whole-plane repaint, not a paint-match...…………….
Not sure how good a match it is (I'm at work - Again! -so can't check right now).
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Tim, I have used that one as well. It is a nice color. Again, it is close. The paint shades on the ares/nexus models are hard to match.
I was thinking of trying to change the G into a C.
A close match may work in that case, aircraft were sometimes moved around & reassigned so evidence of a newer patch bearing new markings would look authentic.
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Also doesn't help that Ares usually uses the Pantone color catalog rather than period references... not sure if they've taken my advice on getting a copy of Federal Standard 595 for US planes, and I know that most WWI historians when interviewing surviving WWI pilots used Methuen decks for color references.
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...+se5+wgf+style
On post #18 I described the mixture with reaper paints to achieve the olive variations of the SE5a
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