AMP - Accurate Model Parts
SEA => SUBS: Uboats => TYPE IX => Topic started by: GlennCauley on 11 Dec , 2014, 09:22
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With the demise of WEM ColourCoats paints <sigh> I had thought that we would not be able to get German Kriegsmarine WWII paints any more.
Well... there is some GOOD NEWS.
LifeColor has 2 paint sets for German Kriegsmarine WWII, for surface ships and also U-boats:
- LC-CS09 Kriegsmarine :: German Navy WWII Set 1 (Surface Vessels) (https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?products_id=2844)
- LC-CS12 German U-bootwaffe : German Navy WWII Set 2 (https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?products_id=2979)
Set 1 (surface vessels) has the following 6 colours (22mL bottles):- UA 601 Hellgrau/Silbergrau DKM 50
- UA 602 Dunkelgrau Hull DKM 51
- UA 603 Hellgrau DKM 50 var
- UA 604 Mittelgrau DKM 51 var
- UA 605 Dunkelgrau
- UA 606 Schiffsbodenfarbe Rot 5
Set 2 (U-boats) has the following 6 colours (22mL bottles):- UA 607 Schiffsbodenfarbe III Grau DKM 23
- UA 608 Schlickgrau 58
- UA 609 Blaugrau 58-1
- UA 610 Dunkelgrau 52
- UA 611 Dunkelgrau 53
- UA 612 Teerfirnis TF 99 Faded
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Hi Glenn,
I purchased the Uboat Lifecolor Set a few years ago. IMO you have to dilute these colors because of the scale effect otherwise the colors are to dark because they match the original 1:1 scale colors. AFAIK for a 1:72 U boat the rule of thumb is 75% color and 15% thinner (and certainly 100% of a good beer for the airbrush operator).
Regards
Falo
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Good to know! :D
Cheers <clink>
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i have also used the Lifecolor U-Boat colors and they are nice. I was not aware of the WEM paints being discontinued, any ideas why? I still have a small stockpile of them, I hope they haven't dried up!
Regards,
Brian
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WEM closed on Nov-28
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I purchased the Uboat Lifecolor Set a few years ago. IMO you have to dilute these colors because of the scale effect otherwise the colors are to dark because they match the original 1:1 scale colors. AFAIK for a 1:72 U boat the rule of thumb is 75% color and 15% thinner (and certainly 100% of a good beer for the airbrush operator).
I'm confused... how will adding more thinner lighten the colours? Wouldn't you need to add white paint instead, to lighten up the colours?
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Hi Glenn,
please follow this link, IMO a very good article about the scale effect. And according to this article you have to add white, sorry for my unprecise words in the post before.
http://www.cybermodeler.com/color/scale_effect.shtml (http://www.cybermodeler.com/color/scale_effect.shtml)
Regards
Falo
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That's a good article, thanks for that. I used to have a bit of freeware for the PC that calculated for you.
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:)Good stuff!
Something to think about because of my work in 1/72scale.
Thanks! Dan