Wellington interior red colour?

[Snuggsy85]

Can anyone advise me on the best colour to use for the 'reddish' tone inside the Wellington? Make and Number?

Many Thanks

Will

Edited March 13, 2010 by Snuggsy85

[Mike]

Might be of use if you tell us what makes of paint you currently use or have access to - some types, such as Model Master for example aren't available in some territories

[Snuggsy85]

Sorry, in the UK

[John]

I would think any of the red oxide colours would do, maybe with a bit of white or cream to lighten them. Humbrol 70 or 113, Tamiya XF-9 or thereabouts.

John

[Nick Millman]

FWIW I used Humbrol 113 Matt Rust on the interior of the MPM Wellington Advanced Vinyl Jigsaw Puzzle I never completed. It is an almost exact match for the actual red-brown dope applied to the exterior of the fabric. I was taken apart at another well-known forum for suggesting this light red-brown colour, as the experts claimed the interior was more of a "pale pink" as only a proportion of the dope seeped through the natural colour of the fabric. Having since examined colour photographs, the real thing and the doping instructions I'd still go with the light red-brown as creating an approximate overall impression of the interior.

[TonyT]

Was i Halfords this morning, is the red primer not close to it? was pondering a can whilst I was there, anyones elses thoughts on it?

[Edgar]

It wasn't red; it would have been a streaky cream/pink. The dope was applied to the outside, with the first two, usually, a 50/50 mix with thinners, which soaked in (and through.) Large a/c were covered in Irish linen, which is a creamy colour, while light a/c used Egyptian cotton, which tends to a whiter colour.

Edgar

Like this:-

or, maybe, even slightly less:-

Edited March 13, 2010 by Edgar

[Nick Millman]

Check out the colour photographs on pages 31 & 32 of the 4+ book (which are of the Brooklands Wellington) and you will see that in some places the red brown soaks through to give an overal opaque reddish brown impression (like Humbrol 113 which is slightly pinkish) and in other places the natural fabric appears almost pristine. The geodetic framework appears in contrast against this as silver but it appears that some of the framework has an anodising finish or the remnants of a protective coating.

[galgos]

See this thread for some interior photos and discussion

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...p;hl=wellington

[Snuggsy85]

Many Thanks all