discussion colour blind

[Guest]

Hi I need some advice please. I have come back to modeling after about 20 years and am going to paint with acrylic paint. But my wife has bought me 1/350 Bismarck and on the painting instructions it has me mixing paint in this is revell paint it says 90%matt 76 and 10%matt 57 but I am colour blind and I will never mix the same colour the same again any body got any suggestions thanks

 

[Guest]

What I do is dip the non bristle end of your brush or something similar into the paint then dot it on the mixing tray, I usually call that little bit of paint thats dripped off 10% so you'll need to do 9 drips of 76 and one of 57 or if you need a lot of paint call each drip 5% or less. It has always turned out reasonably well for me.

 

[BarryW]

Might I suggest getting the AK Interactive German Navy set of acrylics as that will provide the exact colour you need.


http://ak-interactive.com/v2/?product_cat=naval-paint-sets


I don't do ships myself but their acrylics for WW2 aircraft are outstanding.

 

[BarryW]

Just found that John has them in the shop - excellent paints for an airbrush or hairy stick.


http://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/acrylic-colours-for-german-warships-set-ak-interactive.html

 

[Gern]

I agree with Barry - don't mix your colours, find one that is already mixed. There are loads of Bismarck builds around and lots of them will give paint colours from a variety of manufacturers. Pick whichever one you think is best - acrylic/enamel, spray/brush, price, colour match etc. I use Vallejo acrylics, Barry is recommending AK Interactive but there are others around.

 

[Guest]

I too am colourblind so appreciate where you are coming from, I too would suggest getting ready mixed colours, after all how will you know ifvthe colour is right.


Before I left home and tried to join the army(how I found out) the arguments I used to have with my mother who bought an old gold three piece (extremely expensive) I used to say they had sent the wrong one as it was definitely olive green, guess she, they were right, what do I know.

 

[Guest]

One option is mix enough to do the entire model and one is to buy ready mixed. To maintain consistency in mixing though if you do ever mix your own paint you should use small hypodermic syringes to measure out the paint.


Buying ready mixed is by far the easiest solution though.

 

[Guest]

Agree about using ready mixed if you can get it. But I also use small jars with tight lids (the ones you used to get 35mm camera film in were good, but small jars are also sold in model shops) to mix up enough paint for the whole model. With acrylics, they're easy to clean up afterwards, using alcohol. I also have a supply of cheap plastic pipettes that I use to measure out the paint with - seems to give very consistent results.


Enjoy your return to modelling, and making the Bismark. Welcome to the forum, too!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all the advice. I think that the AK paint for Germany war ships is the perfect answer for me thanks again for all your answers