discussion Jakko’s Revell Spad XIII C-1

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This is as far as you can get with the paint provided in the kit, used straight:

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I tried mixing the two colours to make the other green, but it came out too dark:

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You can just see the demarcation between the two greens on the fuselage, but it’s not clear enough. This was about 2:1 of green to dark earth, so I’ll try again with closer to 1:1 mix. The dark earth is rather stronger than the green, though, so I have a feeling it will be difficult to get something that looks green but lighter than the one supplied with the kit.

 

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I mixed up a lighter shade of green and repainted the bits that were too dark, then also used the dark earth to paint the struts, the propeller and the exhaust pipes:

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That’s really as far as you can get, paint-wise. I had the idea to see if I could make black or dark grey paint using a method @John Race probably approves of: setting fire to some of the model’s cardboard backing and mixing the dark ash into the paint. However, this produces nothing but gritty paint without changing its colour

Rather than applying the black, then, I went on to add the decals:

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The decals adhering to the bare plastic is a pleasant surprise — in my youth, only Matchbox decals did that, and Revell’s especially had the bad habit of 1) letting go once dry, and 2) silvering very badly.

And that’s pretty much it. There’s little I think I can still do to this model with on,ly what was in the kit.