German purple, does anyone make a paint this colour?

[Radpoe Spitfire]

Hi, I've got a couple of Eduard kits in the pipeline that use purple in the camouflage, does anyone produce a paint this colour, or can someone advise me how to mix the right shade please?

[McYellowbelly]

Misterkit of Italy did, not sure if they're still made?

[rmcclure]

I researched this pretty heavily when building a Junkers D1 recently and, like all things colour, is a pretty hotly debated topic. It seems that there's no direct equivalent but that Tamiya Purple - X16 - is about the best. I think it needs knocking down with a little white and then you get a more scale looking effect.

Cheers,

Roger

[JackG]

Found three brands, including Misterkit, that produce a mauve colour;

http://www.misterkit.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=mauve&search_in_description=1&PHPSESSID=ikrfqvg22t75j8mu7fd8sh6kq3&x=0&y=0

- which one is most accurate, I've no clue.

Does anyone know if this colour in question is similar to one of the lozenge colours? - this though might be another proverbial can.

The above swatch is suppose to be Floquil's version.

To mix your own and to match the above, you would have to combine roughly 40% ultramarine violet and 60% white.

regards,

Jack

[Paul Thompson]

The Misterkit Albatros colour is quite good IMO (Albatros Mauve, GC02). For a more purplish take on it there's the Xtracolor enamel X242, German WWI Topside Purple.

Paul.

[The original Kit Builder]

The newly released Humbrol M42 looks the business to me.

[Test Graham]

I've got one somewhere buried, perhaps an old Precision Paint? That mauve looks worth having for my 607 Sq collection, but the representations of the German colour I've seen were a redder purple. That's not to claim which is right.

[Paul Thompson]

I've got one somewhere buried, perhaps an old Precision Paint? That mauve looks worth having for my 607 Sq collection, but the representations of the German colour I've seen were a redder purple. That's not to claim which is right.

There's mauve, violet, lavender, purple, and a big can of worms. Somewhere I have a can of Humbrol 107 WWI purple, and that's different again (on the reddish end, to my eye). Windsock always used to give Methuen references, but that tome is virtually unavailable any more. FWIW Wingnut Wings colour callouts for their Albatros kits say Misterkit GC 02, or 2 mixes. The Humbrol one is 1 part 68 to 2 of 29. The other is Tamiya, 1 part X16 to 2 of XF52.

Paul.

[Radpoe Spitfire]

Thanks for all your replies, the Humbrol mix looks promising, thanks Paul. I know that there are so many paint issues out there, but given the number of First World War kits available, none of the mainstream manufactures have any in their ranges.

Cheers Adrian

[Gary]

Hi,

I built a WNW Junkers J1 a few years ago, using the last virtually complete example of the a/c as the subject. This a/c is now in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, about 90 minutes from my front door. I got dozens of photos to verify the disruptive pattern, as the patterns on these a/c were not standard. Of course, I saw the colours close up, and was able to enlist the help of my graphic designer son to help arrive at a close mix. My favourite paint is Xtracolor, so my mix for the purple (and the green as well) came from this line. My purple was: 10 drops of X242 German WW1 Topside Purple, 1 drop of X141 White, and a small touch of X103 Red.

Here's the a/c as it now appears:

A detail shot of the left elevator and horizontal stabilizer. the black lines define the separation between the purple and green, and are part of my "transfer plan" to get an accurate pattern onto the model:

And the model itself:

I know most of the discussions that swirl around WW1 aviation colours, but I think that my mix matches what would have been seen on 586/18 in the fall of 1918,keeping in mind the fading and aging of the paint skin. IMHO, the Misterkits offering is much too light and bright, certainly for this J1.

Hope this helps a bit!

[Tony Edmundson]

I picked up some PollyScale German Mauve in December at Uncle bill's in Calgary. It does the trick for my Fok DVII.

Tony

[Procopius]

Misterkit of Italy did, not sure if they're still made?

They were as of a few months ago.

[Julien]

I have been told vallejo 811 is a good match.

Julien