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I apologise in advance because I know Red Arrow colours have been done to death, but I'm concerned that having read TONS of occasionally contradictory and sometimes confusing advice the otherwise very enjoyable 1/72nd Revell Hawk I am building is looking distinctly orange. Whether artificial or daylight my wife actually asked "should a Red Arrow be orange?" I made a little test piece of the various model paints I've accumulated for this one tiny aircraft, namely Xtracolour enamel 'Red Arrows signal red', Humbrol 174 'signal red', and Humbrol 238 (which I've seen mentioned as a very good match in various places). These were the enamels (which I prefer for gloss finishes). To a greater or lesser extent they look like orange to me. Worst of all was a bottle of Xtracryics XA1014 which really IS orange, perhaps with a touch of red. I haven't got a real Red Arrow residing anywhere near me as far I know, but trying to picture a Hawk in the distance (remember I'm building the tiny '72nd Arrow) I can't remember thinking "they're orange". I know colours and scale colour and light and shade and distance and eyesight (I'm officially not colourblind) etc are also subjective, but I'll likely get laughed out it Britmodeller if I present an orange arrow. Or I THINK I will. Or am ii wrong about all these carefully formulated paints? Any advice appreciated, many thanks.
