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A bit of a reach I know but can anyone point me in the direction of a page in here or site that can give me a heads up on which Mr Hobby Aqueous paints I can use for the above, to include webbing, packs et al. Some of the colour call outs I'm seeing on things like Miniart seem a bit bizarre, i.e a yellow green for the all-in-one tanker suit. I'm also interested in colours for the soft materials (bed rolls, tarps etc) that would have been carried by AFV's/softskins. Many thanks for any input

Oh, they'll be added to the ever long list of projects. This one intrigues me in particular because it's been badly smashed up so bringing it back to life in some way appeals to me, even if there's a slight whiff of whatiffery about it!

@PeteH1969 I have literally just found the same pic on t'interweb and was about to post it. Many thanks for your efforts and everyone else' input.

I suspect it is something of that order but I can't seem to match it up with anything yet.

I have recently had come into my possession a large quantity of started AFV's and trucks, most of which I've identified, however, the vehicle in the attached pics is a completely trashed resin kit of something. I don't know my trucks from my elbow so can anyone tell me what it is and which model company makes/made it. Many thanks in anticipation.

It looks a great kit but I really don't get the nigh on £100 price tag!

Thanks for the input folks. I found an interesting document purporting to be from the WW2 US Navy "Blue Jackets" manual showing these colours, so it would appear that this branch of the US services had colours to indicate content. Would it be too much of a stretch to imagine that this would be the case across the board? https://images4.sw-cdn.net/product/picture/710x528_19295812_11225063_1523447847.jpg

Sorry, not sure if this is the right place for this. I'm trying to find a definitive list/examples for the colours of CO2, Oxy, Argon etc compressed gas cylinders. I appreciate that, for the most part, they are various shades of "drab", I was just wondering what a) the underlying (civvy) colours were and b) what was used to differentiate what gas was in what cylinder. And yes, I have been Googling without much joy! 🤪 Many thanks for any links etc.

Doh, doh, doh, doh effing doh!! Thought I would check out the "old paints" that these replaced (I never throw anything away....) and guess what. Yes, the "old paints" that I had kept and stored away in the garage were actually the new, replacement paints. Mike, please leave this post up so that everyone can have a good laugh at my expense and if anyone from AK should happen to cruise by, my apologies.

Thanks for getting back Colin. There's plenty of carrier medium in there, it's full to the neck of the bottles. I'm not sure the paint mixer is going to break down those lumps, they're like hard sand. Thanks for the input, much appreciated.

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Hi Folks I've just opened two of the AK Xtreme Metal paints that I have in my collection and they are unusable. These are replacements direct from AK that I got for the bad batch they put out some years ago and I've had them for about a year. They've never been opened until today and despite copious shaking, stirring, stirring and shaking, they are like my wife's mashed spuds, runny with lumps in. Any ideas as to the cause (not for the spuds)? Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas about rectifying this? They've been kept in a cool dark place since I got them so I'm at a loss as to why they won't mix; I've got enamel paints that are 25+ years old and they're still good!!

Cheers for the heads up. Just re-read my original post.... "having...."! Back to school.........

Great review as always. Having been waiting for this. Don't suppose you know whether the track sets are out (or did it slip me by?).

Thank you so very much for that XV107 , means a lot. Thank you.