Revell equivalents.

[Rick Brown]

Chaps.

Having got the taste for some Revell Aqua paint recently, I was wondering what would be a good match for Dark Green, Ocean grey and Medium Sea Grey in their range?

Just throwing together their 1/32nd Mossie and fancied a change of paint manufacturer.

Cause I can...

 

Rick.

[johnd]

Revell recommend:

 

Dark Green - 68

Ocean Grey - 79

Med Sea Grey - 43

 

John.

[Rick Brown]

Thanks John.

But are they a good match...?

Rick.

[johnd]

Ah. Not really. I recall that 79 can be improved by the addition of a fair quantity of white. 68 is closer to its target but not exact. I can't speak for 43 as I've not seen it but it's meant to be USAF Matt Grey so is unlikely to be spot on.

 

I  use Xtracrylix for Ocean Grey, Humbrol 116 and 165 for Dark Green and Med Sea Grey respectively. Revell Aqua is good paint, though. I can see why you'd want to use it.

 

John.

[Rick Brown]

Interesting. 

I have xtracrylix, Vallejo and Tamiya,  but fancied a change.

If the revell's a poor match, and needs a bit of mixing, I'll fall back to my default choices.

Rick.