Crossiant Oliver Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I'm currently building the airfix 1/48 P-40B, which is great in most areas, and I'm about to paint it and I am building the George Welch P-40. I have two paints that will be good for this scheme. Vallejo Color US Olive Drab and humbrol 155 matt olive drab. Which would be better for this plane? Leave your answers in the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossiant Oliver Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 I'm currently building the airfix 1/48 P-40B, which is great in most areas, and I'm about to paint it and I am building the George Welch P-40. I have two paints that will be good for this scheme. Vallejo Color US Olive Drab and humbrol 155 matt olive drab. Which would be better for this plane? Leave your answers in the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 OD varied so much as it weathered and faded quite easily. Humbrol 155 is a good weathered OD as it's quite brown, I don't know what Model Color 889 is like but I get the impression it's a greener OD, which might be better if the airframe was newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 OD is proabably the king of the can of worms colours, pretty much any paint calling itself olive drab from any brand will do the job, pick which you prefer, I've just done welch p-40 myself, I used hum155 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepster Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I did my P-40B in Humbrol 66 - okay for the faded look I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilneBay Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 OD is one of those colours that is all things to all people - I'd suggest that you just pick whatever is the closest to hand on the modelling bench and go with it. Another thing I have noticed in too many years of modelling is that over time whatever brand you use it will tend to go to a more brownish shade naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossiant Oliver Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Also I'm signing up for a competition with my p-40 and I was wondering if there is any 1/48 base resembling wheeler field, where this plane was during Pearl Harbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Lynch Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Just a typical concrete apron would work. Wheeler itself looked like any of dozens of USAAC airfields of the period. Same style hangars. Same style buildings. The only difference was the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFlint Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 whatever one better represents (dark) Olive Drab # 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossiant Oliver Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 47 minutes ago, Cameron Lynch said: Just a typical concrete apron would work. Wheeler itself looked like any of dozens of USAAC airfields of the period. Same style hangars. Same style buildings. The only difference was the horizon. Thanks, but I don't know where to get it or how to build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 One way would be to purchase a square of mat board at a craft or art supply shop. You can scribe the expansion strips in with a sharp knife and apply a little white glue in the scribing to simulate the tar strips between the joints of the concrete. Then paint and add whatever fuel/oil/rubber stains you consider appropriate for how weathered you want the ramp section. The mat boards can be purchased in many sizes, with the edges already beveled, if you don't want to buy a big piece and cut it yourself, or you can do this with a beveling cutter that you can purchase at either of the places mentioned, If desired- they are very inexpensive. You can also glue the mat board to a wooden base if you want to get fancy, or are displaying or presenting the model as a gift. The mat boards also can be purchased in many different colors. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Lynch Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Here is a cheap option. Just glue it down to a wood plaque that you can buy from a trophy supply store...or a Hobby Lobby. The Base Guy Or alternatively Noy's Miniatures at Hannants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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