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Faded Olive Drab???

Faded Olive Drab???

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mandrake

Member since
April 2003
From: Mexico

Faded Olive Drab???

Posted by mandrake on Friday, July 2, 2004 8:03 PM

Hi, i just found a Model Master´s paint named Faded Olive Drab, i dont have the bottle handy so i dont know the number code, but anyway my question is, how would you mix this paint?? lets say you are building a B-24 and you want to use this paint, so you will have a faded upper sides and you will need a non so faded surface, this not so faded surface.... what paint would you use?? Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

do you know what i mean? Blush [:I]

Blush [:I]

thanks in advance
Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

regards
Hector.

Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Friday, July 2, 2004 9:18 PM

I guess you'd need the faded OD for the top and regular OD for the bottom. You could probably darken the faded OD by adding some dark gray or dark green to it, but you'd have to play with it to get the color you want.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Friday, July 2, 2004 11:14 PM

I have not seen the MM faded OD. Thier regualr OD is very faded compared to Tamiya's OD which to me is to dark, but I do lean towards the faded look any way. Will have to look out for that faded od and give it a try.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Mark Joyce

Member since
March 2004
From: Placerville, CA USA

Posted by Mark Joyce on Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:14 AM

Hi Hector,

I've used Model Master faded olive drab before, and MusicCity is right-you want to use Model Master regular olive drab for the non-faded surfaces. The results look pretty good. You can achieve the same effect of faded paint by putting a few drops of white into the regular olive drab, but Model Master is basically doing the same thing for you with their faded olive drab. Hope this helps.

Mark

Ignorance is bliss

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:26 AM

If you use Faded OD over regular OD, you need to blend it in. Otherwise it looks more like a two tone camo & not very realistic. You can blend by spraying a very thin coat of faded over the regular or by mixing some faded & regular together & overspraying with a thin coat.

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 12:11 PM

aeormaster did an olive drab and a faded olive drab in their acrylic line and it was great...........
Y not spray the whole aircraft olive drab....then from straight above......spray down on the wings, fuselage and horizontal stabs....the faded olive drab.....
doesn't the sun and weather cause fading of aircraft paint ?
good luck to ya Smile [:)]

Smile [:)]

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mandrake

Member since
April 2003
From: Mexico

Posted by mandrake on Monday, July 5, 2004 12:45 PM

Thanks for your kind responses fellas, i will try to make my own faded OD and i am gonna look fo the regular MM OD, make some experimentation and then will paint it with the best and more realistic colors, thanks once more and sorry for the delay....

Regards
Hector.

Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo

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