Hi guys i am building my first Warship and i just wanted to pick some brains on the best Colour grey for my King George V Preferably Tamiya As they easier to get hold of.


redleg

White Ensign's colour coats are the most accurate matches I know of, but of course they are enamels (and get a bit costly if you are building a larger ship).

You could try getting a tin from WEM and then colour matching an acrylic from that I suppose?

Well first of all you should learn how to spell Color, no u. :-) I don't know why but I had to throw that out.

What Grahams suggests I've also done. I somewhat prefer Tamiya for the same reason you've mentioned, they're easier to get. What I've done in the past when something was listed for only one brand, say Humbrol for example, I've done my best to find that color at a local store, then try to match it to the closest Tamiya one. I've also gone the other way and taken a Tamiya bottle to a local store in order to find the closest cheap craft type paint to match it.

Since we want to support people who support us buying one tin from White Ensign then color matching it to Tamiya would certainly be one way to go about it.

I think it's time we start to re-introduce the English language to you Americans.....

I'm starting with you RoUdger

[quote]Well first of all you should learn how to spell Color, no u. :-) I don't know why but I had to throw that out.

Easy Rodger. They do spell it that way in England. We just happen to lose the letters here. :-) :-) :-)

To answer the question, Tamiya's XF-20 medium grey colour should do nicely. You could also buy some black and white as well to mix with the grey to get some additional shades worked out for yourself.

Canada too - I'll spell 'colour' properly on this 'armour' related website. I hope no one's 'honour' will be bruised by my attempt to 'flavour' this thread with off-topic 'humour'. hahahahaha

Bob

Now you can blame it on my ENGLISH Mum. Just like you and colour she insisted on putting an extra letter in there where it doesn't belong.

Like a Scot told me when I was in Glasgow, "you Yanks butcher our language then claim that it's guantity over quality."

Thanks for the quick replies guys.
I hope i haven't started something :-) but it's Definitely Colour :-)

redleg

My tounge was firmly in my cheek when I threw that out. For some reason us Yanks, even a half Yank like me, are a bit outnumbered on the Warships forum, unlike the rest of the forums, so I though I'd put some humor in here.

It sure got a chuckle out of me, but back on topic. You might want to cut out the color side view alongside of box (if there is one....I built the 350 scale Tamiya KGV) and use that as a comparison reference. Barring that go down to local hobby store. In your neck of the woods you stand a fair chance of finding a tin of the correct WEM color. Then, find the closest Tamiya or other brand of acrylic to match it

OK Guys

Enough of this Colour issue :-) :-)
;)

My suggestion is someone who has a Tamiya KGV to share the colour list

Yes Americans are out numbered here, but then, it's a Portuguese guy who tryes to explain himself in English that gives his best to keep the boat afloat

As a crew, you are all WELCOME!

Skipper

Chill..... we're just havin' a bit of fun....

The Tamiya chart is a good idea... can we publish it here on the 'Big A' somewhere without copyright or any other legal infringements?

Bob

If you don't want to use Colourcoats, and want to spend your time mixing and matching to get the correct colour using your own favourite brand of paint, then what you need are the Snyder & Short Royal Navy Paint Chip sets. These were matched to original WW2 paint samples, and formed the basis for our RN Colourcoats.

We stock the S&S chip sets, or you can order them Stateside from Randy Short at the Ship Camouflage website, http://www.shipcamouflage.com, or you can e-mail Randy directly at [email protected].

Cheers,
John Snyder
White Ensign Models
http://WhiteEnsignModels.com

Hi Bob

I was joking about it - didn't you notice the: :-) ?

Skipper

soooo... Redleg - did you get the answer you're looking for? How about the Tamiya XF-20 medium gray with white or balck to control the shades of gray...do you think that would work for you?