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Paint suggestions for the Revell 1/48 us navy swift patrol boat.

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    January 2011
Paint suggestions for the Revell 1/48 us navy swift patrol boat.
Posted by Neshyfaith on Sunday, February 6, 2011 11:59 AM

Just won this baby on E BAY. Can anyone suggest the right color gray using Tamiya paint? I feel comfortable with Tamiya  paint. I am considering XF 25 light sea gray, xf 54 dark sea gray, XF 66 Light gray. Any suggestion appreciated.

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, February 6, 2011 1:47 PM

Going off these images I would say opt for a darker of the grays you listed.

 

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  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Sunday, February 6, 2011 3:15 PM

The instructions which accompany the Masterpiece in Miniature 1:96 scale PCF indicate that west coast training units were painted in Haze Gray over a red anti-fouling bottom.   Not stated,  but the deck would be a dark gray - MM Gunship is good for that.    MM Neutral Gray matches the spec for post-war haze gray except it is flat vs satin finish

It states that combat units were in dark jungle green over red anti-fouling.

Stiks photos look more to be jungle green

 

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    January 2011
Posted by Neshyfaith on Monday, February 7, 2011 12:57 AM

Wow amazing pictures thanks guys for the suggestions. I think I will go with the MM gunship . The Tamiya equivalent I will go with is XF 24 Dark Gray. What do you all think? Thanks again.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Friday, February 11, 2011 3:50 PM

I would love to chime in here if I may . Mine are RED , WHITE and BLUE ! YUP  that,s right . You are not seeing any typos .The reason they are is I had three extra ones and I built them as oilfield crew boats . The hull and cabins were WHITE ,  the ROOFS were blue and the waterlines were black with bright flat red under that . I at one time had over a dozen of those little scudders . I saw a going out of business sale at a hobby shop in CALIFORNIA and I bought five FULL boxes of ship and boat models . the "SWIFTS" made up the bulk of one box! One was lengthened to be a sixty five seat boat used as a ferry in HONG KONG !!     tankerbuilder

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  • From: San Francisco, CA
Posted by telsono on Friday, February 11, 2011 4:34 PM

Tamiya also has Haze Grey in a rattle can (TS 32).

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