PC 12 paint

[Selwyn]

What paint do you guys use for depicting PC 12?

I know we can't be totally accurate on this colour, but what paint do you use, or what is your personal mix / concoction to replicate this?

Selwyn

[PDH]

Misterkit PC12....See http://modelskills.co.uk/27-british Second one down

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[AMStreet]

Personally I use Humbrol 70.

Taking the Methuen colour for PC12 from the Windsock monograph on the Sopwith Triplane I checked in my Methuen Handbook and as far as I'm concerned Humbrol 70 fits the bill well enough.

As you say we'll never be entirely certain what the actual colour was but given the production,mixing, scale colour effect and so on I reckon Hu70 is near enough.

I used Misterkit acrylics on a Macchi 202 and I was very disappointed, the paint didn't seem to have much covering power even whan sprayed and the texture was a bit rough. Of course it could be down to me as I don't get on particularly well with acrylics at the best of times.

Edited May 27, 2013 by AMStreet

[Nick Millman]

The problem is that PC12 has been confused with the 'AMAPDT (AMA Protective Dope Tropical) reddish brown' (based on red oxide) intended for tropical use and used more commonly post-war. The connection to Tripes on the Western Front is a bit of a reddish brown herring. From 'Coloured Thinking' in Windsock magazine Vol. 28 No.4 (July/August 2012) by Ray Rimell:-

"Whilst the 'PC12 red/brown Sopwith Triplanes was another false path I'd rather not go down again" - footnoted thus:-

"This was an early WINDSOCK International, Vol.3 No.1, Spring 1987, page 15, and later repeated by the editor in Datafile No. 22 when I stated some Sopwith Triplanes may have been doped in PC12, which was described as Reddish Brown. Actually many Naval types were in PC12 but the actual colour was more of a dark chocolate brown. The matched colour chips in WS 3/1 were close to later AMAPDT Reddish brown - for tropical use and unlikely to have been applied to Sopwith Triplanes..."

PC10, referred to as Khaki or Khaki drab was an olive (green) brown and PC12 more towards chocolate brown, confirmed both by the values given for it by Bruce Robertson in his seminal 'WWI British Aeroplane Colours and Markings' of 1996 - Methuen 5F5 or FS 30051 - and the original pigment mix.

I would suggest Humbrol 98 Chocolate or 170 Brown Bess would be more approximate than 70 which is Brick Red!

Nick

[Dave Fleming]

70 is close to AMAPDT though, hence the confusion for those who don't have the later works.