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General Ship Modeling: Painting & Color Schemes
Topics on painting and paint schemes are grouped here
Topics on painting and paint schemes are grouped here
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johnmallam
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: October 14, 2012
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Joined: October 14, 2012
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Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 05:38 AM UTC
hi guys anyone know if theres any shops in the u k that sell mr color acrylics as the only thing i have found is on e bay from hong kong and at £3.30p there not cheap. also i worry that if things go tits up there to far away to sort anything out . maybe you have got some from e bay without any hassle please let me know if you have any info cheers john
Harry_at_BFM
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Colorado, United States
Joined: February 04, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 08:44 AM UTC
Model Design Construction carries the entire Gunze-Sango range in the UK.
iakarch
Louisiana, United States
Joined: May 19, 2007
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Joined: May 19, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 09:12 AM UTC
John,
Gunze-Sango stopped producing Mr Color acrylics. Whatever you find is very old stock, more than 5 years old. Only the enamels are available now.
Gunze-Sango stopped producing Mr Color acrylics. Whatever you find is very old stock, more than 5 years old. Only the enamels are available now.
johnmallam
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: October 14, 2012
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Joined: October 14, 2012
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Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 05:45 PM UTC
many thanks to both of you for your time the only reason i want to get mr color paints is that i have some hazewaga 1/350 seaplanes for yamamoto / musashi / isa /and mogami and the plans call for some unusual colours like ijn green [nakajima and ijn green [mitsubishi] plus other not bog standard colours cheers guys best wishes john
Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 07:33 PM UTC
Hello John,
You can look to Tamiya colors....they have dedicated colors
for the IJN...both ships and aircraft.
Cheers,
Joe
You can look to Tamiya colors....they have dedicated colors
for the IJN...both ships and aircraft.
Cheers,
Joe
johnmallam
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Joined: October 14, 2012
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Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 11:19 PM UTC
hi i know some i can match but there are colours like ijn green [nakajima] gray green [nakajima] also dark green[ mitsubushi] cockpit colous mitsubishi and nakajima so to get them right i need i think mr color thanks john
modelmanuk12
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 02:39 AM UTC
modelmanuk12
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 02:40 AM UTC
Harry_at_BFM
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 05:50 AM UTC
All the colors you need are avialable from LifeColor Acrylic Paints which are available in the UK.