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Post by snapdragon on Apr 19, 2008 23:17:54 GMT 1
As reported in a different post I have "found" paints that match the Kreigsmarine colour scheme in WWII along with modern shade references. Life colour do a set of 6 paints that match the Baltic/Atlantic Schemes that you would find on the Bismarck. To these paints you'll have to add Black & White. The set is "Kreigsmarine set 1" and retails for approx £13. 90. The Colours in this set are Lifecolor UA 601-606 and in actual fact it does work out a couple of quid cheaper to buy them by the bottle instead of the set as by the bottle is £1.90 from airbrush.com - go figure!!! Here are the RAL shades that I have managed to sort out by much Googling and bleary eyes! It may be possible to match up RAL numbers to other paint manufacturers such as Model Colour from Vallejo etc, but Lifecolor seems to be the closest match I've seen yet (although I stand to be corrected). Prewar / Early War Colours Hellgrau 50 (DKM Ref) RAL 7001 Dunkelgrau 51 (DKM Ref) RAL 7000 Baltic/Atlantic Scheme Hellgrau (DKM 50 Variant) RAL 7038 Mitlegrau (DKM 51 Variant) Mix of RAL 7001 & Ral 7036 (% unknown See Lifecolour UA604 for actual shade) Dunkelgrau RAL 7037 Underwater Hull & Boot Topping (presumably Waterline or plimsol line) Dunkelblaugrau RAL7026 (water intakes) Schiffsbodenfarbe III Rot 5 RAL 8013 (rough translation ship underwater colour ) Schiffsbodenfarbe III Grau I RAL 7016 (plimsol/waterline) Camo stripes standard Black & White I hope this helps you all out James
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Post by jcmanu on Aug 18, 2008 16:26:56 GMT 1
thanks james , you certanly saved me a hell of a lot of research. jcmanu
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Post by rushzombie on Oct 18, 2008 0:20:07 GMT 1
ive been experimenting with a few diff colours and for those that are hand painting the best ones to date are revell sm374 grey revell sm 301 white revell matt 57
tried so many but this seems a pretty good match as i dont seem to be able to find a reliable source for ral paints
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Post by northman on Oct 18, 2008 13:38:40 GMT 1
thanks for the post snapdragon , Ill go trawl the net and order up the lifecolor set ;D
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Post by snapdragon on Oct 22, 2008 18:10:26 GMT 1
rushzombie, get the lifecolour set. they can be hand painted. Also, vallejo modelcolor (avail ebay) are RAL compatable. There's a list on their site with compatable colours that match the RAL colour system. www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis_info.asp?p1=ing&p2=modelcolor&p3=1#modelcolorinfoThat's the site. I don't think that it's been updated for a long time regarding equivalencies. Any good model shop should have an updated list available for you to reference. James
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