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Tamiya AS Spray Cans = ? Bottle Colors

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Tamiya AS Spray Cans = ? Bottle Colors
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:40 PM
I'll admit it, I'm a big Tamiya fan and really enjoy the quality of their products. I applaud their accuracy of fit and have good luck with their paints, BUT they call out AS numbered spray cans for certain colors. Are their formula equivalants for these colors? I'm not concerned with matching FS numbers exactly for different color schemes and countries, but I do like to be reasonably close. This subject really came to light for me a few nights ago when I thought I'd do the instruction reading for the Tamiya ME-262 w/ Kettencraftrad. I was surprised to see that the squiggly camo lines are called out in an AS spray can number. How is one supposed to do that without an airbrush? There in lies the history of my question, what are the jar equvalent or jar color mix formulas for the AS spray can colors. Some are a direct translation, others will most certainly be a mix. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would enjoy the conversion. Has anybody taken a shot at mix formulas? I've looked at Dana NIeld's Tamiya Paint MIx Database, but it is a very quiet forum and the subject has not been covered. Any help is welcome, besides the suggestion to sell my Tamiya paints and move to another paint line that covers the colors well. Thanks for the time.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:34 AM
they are the same as the x, and xf seires..AS stands for air spray...
unless you dont have an airbrush they dont worth the expence, buy a tin color instead.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 2:57 PM
No, they are not the same colors. The colors available in the AS series don't exactly overlap the X and XF series in the Tamiya paint line. The particular AS colors scotsman is looking for are RLM colors. Most likely RLM 74, 75, 76, 81, 82, 83 for the ME 262. The Tamiya acrylics line don't have all the RLM colors which means you either have to go with a different brand or mix these colors from the Tamiya acrylics.

I think
AS-3 = RLM 74
AS-4 = RLM 75
AS-5 = RLM 76
AS-23 = RLM 82
AS-24 = RLM 83
(RLM 82 and RLM 83 are often reversed in different paint lines.)

Some possible mixes from Tamiya's acrylics

RLM 74 XF-24:3 + XF-27:2
RLM 75 XF-24:5 + XF-50:1
RLM 76 XF-2:7 + XF-23:1 + XF-66:2

RLM 81 XF-51:1 + XF-64:2
RLM 82 XF-5
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 9, 2004 11:48 PM
I hear that the Tamiya spray line is expanding. I think there are some armor colors coming, but I am sure they see plenty of scope to add aircraft sprays. I personally think they should offer interior colors, such as RLM02, RAF Interior Green, Interior Green, Aotake, and so-on. Wouldn't that make sense?
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    April 2003
  • From: NSW, Australia
Posted by pingtang on Sunday, October 10, 2004 8:23 AM
If you have an airbrush, you can decant the paint from the can into a jar. Then spray it through your airbrush. Just point the nozzle into a jar and start spraying (spray onto the side of the jar to avoid splashback). The paint is pretty thin so you shouldn't even have to thin it.

Otherwise have a look at this colour chart:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/colorcharts.asp
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/colorcharts_2.asp

hope this helps.

-Daniel
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    March 2004
  • From: Philadelphia
Posted by jblittle254 on Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:27 PM
I was also curious about this and am sorry to see that there isn't an easy fix. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense that there are colors available in spray that aren't available out of the bottle . . . .

-Jonathan
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 11, 2004 9:37 PM
Hi all, I throught that i would add to this topic that some of tamiyas caolour that are called for in their instrctions for car and bike kits are also only available in their spray cans not the bottles.Disapprove [V] Some exanples of these are As 17 which is Gloss Aluminium. This is called for in with the silver pung WRC and in the instructions for the Mercades CLK GT1. These are just5 a few of the examples that i know of.Wink [;)]

Cheers Trev
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