Humbrol color numbers

IPMS Stockholm has a couple of very good Humbrol cross reference lists. You will find them under their HELPDESK in CROSS REFERENCE CHARTS - PART II. They give you the the Humbrol color number, color name, and any equivalent colors by other manufacturers, among other things.

I hope this helps.

Pete

JD, for a Humbrol color chart and a conversion chart to other brands, check out these websites:

http://www.hometown-hobbies.com/humbrol_color_chart
http://www.thehobbybarn.com/resources/paint/humbrol_color_conversion_chart.htm

For information on how the Victory should be painted, check out this site:
http://www.hms-victory.com/modelmakers.htm

I have two good books on the Victory. One is titled "The 100-Gun Ship Victory" written by John McKay. Publisher is Conway Maritime Press. I ordered mine through U.S. Naval Institute Press.

The other book I have is "Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-Of-War" It shows the Victory in cross sections so you get to see virtually every inch of the ship. Illustrated by Stephen Biesty, written by Richard Platt, and published by Dorling Kindersley.

The first book is especially good in the rigging department.

I hope this helps

DJ

Jon, check out and support Extreme Sports and Hobbies in Pooler on Hwy80. I know the owner and the owner's son. Not only do I build models but I also race R/C cars. That's how I know them. Anyway, they haven't been open long but I'm trying to help him with his model and model supplies. He has some Testors MM, but it's the MM2 set, not the FS set. Hopefully, he'll be getting that set soon.

Nice to see another Savannahian on here!

Dana

Thanks Pete and DJ, I'll definitely check out those websites, I really appreciate the help. Victory was ( and is ) a great old ship and she deserves to have good models, done properly.
Dana, I'm also glad to see a fellow Savannanian, and thanks for letting me know about the shop in Pooler. I didn't have a clue. I travel a lot on my job and look for hobby shops everywhere I go. Nice to know there's one on home turf again!
Thanks to all you guys.

Jon

Contact the great folks at Fine Scale Modeler, Paul Boyer is the finest kind, I believe it was in the September 1996 issue, but they had the entire list of the (then) Humbrol paints,names etc. Hope this helps, Vince

if you go to the airfix website and click on teh kit in question you can get the color names and numbers for the kit. I ran into this problem with thier HMS Hood kit.
Steve

There's also a Humbrol Cross Reference on my site... www.modelwarships.com, in the How-To section.

Jeff