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Looking for good color mixes to get interior greens with Timaya paints...

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  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Napa, Ca
Looking for good color mixes to get interior greens with Timaya paints...
Posted by DrCemento on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:03 PM


I'm looking to get good color Ratios to for Green Zinc chromate, Zinc Chromate and Interior green - I love Tamiyas line and use it on exteriors frequently and want to use it inside to! anybody have the official ratios or personell favorites?
Model builder formerly posting as jbatesc6
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:16 PM
i take a pipett with 2 drops of tamiya flat green, about 10 or so drops of flat yellow, and dip my stir stick into flat black and let is drip until no more paint drips off the stick, then stir it into the green and yellow. you may have to tweak a little because i dont really keep up with the ratio's. i just eye ball it. so did the people in the field back in the day. later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: West Des Moines, IA USA
Posted by jridge on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:22 PM
I have a document of unknown origin, in fact I had to retrieve it from the garbage, that has the following formula for USN Interior Green.

XF3 - Flat Yellow (2 parts) + XF5 - Flat Green (1 part).

Here's a link to a Tamiya paint chart - http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_tamiya.htm

Jim The fate of the Chambermaid http://30thbg.1hwy.com/38thBS.html
  • Member since
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  • From: Napa, Ca
Posted by DrCemento on Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:53 AM
Thanks guys! Salty dog your Ratio worked like a champ for Zinc Chromate and the Interior green Tamiya reccomends is very close, however adding some black (wwatch yourself though) really nails it
Model builder formerly posting as jbatesc6
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