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How to know what color to paint from manual instruction

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  • Member since
    July 2013
How to know what color to paint from manual instruction
Posted by ForestBear on Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:29 AM

Hi everybody, I'm new to scale modelling. In fact I am about to start my first model in my life and I got myself a P-51 Mustang North Africa version from Academy. The problem is that when I read through the instructions, I don't know what exactly the color "interior green" or "yellow" (which are written as is on the manual) is. I tried to look online for some Academy color chart but there wasn't any. A browse through a paint conversion chart gives me numerous results with vast range of difference in the color. Can somebody please help me?

Thanks in advance!

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:45 AM

You need to find some color photos (books or a Google Image Search).  Interior green depends upon which country, but there are several paint lines which specifically have an "interior green".

There are several paint conversion charts on the web that folks have found and posted previously in this forum.  I don't have any bookmarked- looks like you have found at least one, though.  Compare those colors with what you see in the color photographs.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    July 2013
Posted by ForestBear on Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:05 PM

Thanks, that's very helpful!

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