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    December 2003
Vallejo paints
Posted by cbreeze on Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:13 PM
Greetings,

Read so many positive comments about this line of paints, especially for brushing cockpit details that I want to give them a try. Can anyone please give me the names of some colors I could use for this particular application? I do mostly WW ll and jet cockpits. Would seem that several colors of gray, black, green would be a good start.

I tried checking some on-line sites for color chips but it appears they all have goofy names and hard to tell color from the computer samples.

Thanks in advance

Chuck B.
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: SETX. USA
Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:45 PM
There's several flavors of Vallejo... I am not an expert on it as I just picked up my bottles last weekend. But this guy at the LHS showed a Albatross he was working on and it looked SWEET! He said he used only that paint since the first time he tried it... it's neat, goes on well and look good. I believe Woodbeck here uses them so he should be able to answer this better.

The guy at the hobby shop said you could go online and they had the proper mixing ratios etc for it along with colors.. (haven't done that yet) It comes in model colors and airbrush colors... the model for brushing and air for airbrushing...

I have also heard a lot about them which is why I asked about them at the LHS. From the response I got this is the way to go!

All the RLM colors were labeled as such, the RAF interior green was there etc.. so I don't think you should have to much problems picking out your colors...

Here is the link:

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/

just click on the british flag and it is in english... at the top middle, select model colors, then there will be a page come up. scroll down and look for equivalancies... it will map each color to its RLM color, RJN, USA etc.. color...

if you plan to airbrush with Vallejo, the guy at the LHS was strongly recommending using their thinner... he said it seems to level and stick better...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
  • Member since
    December 2003
Posted by cbreeze on Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:27 PM
tho9900,

Thanks for the response. That was exactly what I was looking for. I contacted my LHS today about the Vallejo line and they said they were a little reluctant to take on a new line of paint at this time.

Thanks again,

Chuck B.
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