bootneck Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I've seen mention of EDSG for the upperworks of the Sea Vixen being described as Humbrol H123, or even H164, but is there an equivalent for this colour in Vallejo? I would need to lighten it somewhat as this is in 1:144 scale. I'd be grateful if someone could advise me what percent to lighten the recommended colour by. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I use Dark Bluegrey 867 from the model color line for EDSG and I find this quite good for a 1/72 model Not sure by how much it should be lightened for a good scale effect in 1/144, guess the only answer would be "til it looks right", as scale effect is much a personal thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks Giorgio, I'll give that a try. Just found that I don't have 867 , of the 100 or so Vallejo colours I do have, so will pop out this week and source some. I was looking at the photo's from the Woolley Family site (albeit they are FAW.1s) and they look very bluey, due to weathering? cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Vallejo Model Air DSG is a good match for 1/72 EDSG so might be a good starting point, used on these 2: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969050-westland-whirlwind-har3/ http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234970870-revell-gannet/ Neil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 But what colour did you use for the Sky? Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) But what colour did you use for the Sky? Ah ... yeah ... erm, that was a mix Model Air duck egg green (71009) and about 30% Model Color pale grey/blue (907). Mixed by eye, ergo "yeah that seems about right, that'll do". In fact the grey tints the DEG quite subtly so you need to add a lot to tone down the DEG. It means if you over add the grey you can pull it back with more DEG. And the 2 different ranges mix perfectly together, which came as a bit of a surprise. Neil Edited February 11, 2015 by Foghorn Leghorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 I've just seen an interesting photo which shows two different colour demarcations for the underside of the Sea VIxen HERE. Interesting; it show the RN aerobatic team but two of the aircraft have the white carried forward onto the nose radome. Anyone know when or why? Also, what is the little red item (one is red/silver?) on the port inboard pylon, but not carried on all? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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