Bismarck Colour Problem

I would suggest that once you get the Tamiya/ Humbrol/ WEM (my pick) paint colors picked, order one each and work on sprayouts on plastic card until the shades are the way you want. Then color match to something available in quantity for a reasonable price. It's hard to estimate how much paint you'd need, but consider this. My 1/350 San Francisco needed one half of a spray can of Tamiya primer, three tins of WEM to cover the topsides and a quarter bottle of Tamiya for the hull red. That represented an investment of maybe $ 15. Following the rule that 3D objects scale in cubes, your model is three times as long and therefore will have twenty seven times the surface area.

Bill

Try here

http://kbismarck.org/forum/index.php

You might also find this useful too.

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=4696

White Ensign Models (Google for them) also stock all of the paints you need. Just ask them which ones.