Hi -
The paints I used are as follows:
General Notes:
Though I am trying to be as faithul as possible, I have deviated slightly from the HMS Dreadnought paint scheme discussed by Sovereign Hobbies. I would say I have retained the spirit of this scheme with a few deviations:
- I am including the boot-topping as I feel it makes for a smarter look. I was surprised, though, that the vessel did not have an apparent boot-topping.
- Rather than the Admiralty Pattern Dark Grey 507A, I chose out of preference colors closer to Admiralty Pattern Light Grey 507C. I also assumed that with the applicaton of clear coats that this color will darken.
- In lieu of the#4 Grey, I wanted a richer color scheme and opted - perhaps unorthodoxly - to use Vallejo's Luftwaffe Uniform WW2 on all horizontal surfaces.
All parts were cleaned with a general all-purpose degreaser, sanded accordingly, and wiped with tack cloth between coats.
Hull
Many of the UK build logs discuss using Halford's acrylic automotive spray paint. Given the fact I live in the US, I had to find an alternative.
After testing different products, I settled on Krylon acrylic spray paints that are both inexpensive and widely available at Lowes and other hardware stores. I used these exclusively on the hull given the scale of the model. I used traditional modeling paint on the superstructure (more below).
- Krylon Fusion Matte Glacier Gray I feel was a good approximation of 507C when factoring in subsequent clear coats. I used this for all vertical surfaces.
- Krylon Fusion Red Oxide Primer is a surprisingly good match for UK antifouling red (based upon the paint chip I found via Colourcoats). It is a lighter shade and has a more detectable orange hue than the nominal hull reds offered through Tamiya and Testors (though, I believe these are patterned more after the German color).
- For the boot topping, I used Krylon's Fusion Black; however, I made the mistake of using a matte rather than a flat finish which led to some crazing along the transitions which was resolved without too much effort.
- Beneath this, I used Duplicolor's Perfect Match Scratch Filler Primer with no apparent crazing.
Superstructure
Tamiya's Fine Gray Surface Primer is a good match for the Krylon Glacier Gray and after the application of clear coat, nearly indistinguishable. The added benefit is that finer detail is maintained where the paint spray from the Krylon rattle cans might prove too heavy,
For the funnel caps and clinker screens, as well as any other black items on the superstructure, I used Tamiya's NATO Black.
For clear coat, I amusing Mr. Super Clear Flat.
Other bits were painted with whatever paints I had on hand for brown, hold, red, green etc.