Tamiya dark iron

[vimto]

Hi,

     In anticipation of painting my King Tiger tank tracks I purchased a pot of Tamiya xf-84 dark iron.When opening the pot I was surprised at the colour, more of a light metal colour not the brown rusty colour I was after.

 A quick Google on the code number seemed to show two colours but both having the xf-84  code?????

 

[Gorby]

If your computers screen hasn't been properly calibrated it will be very difficult to check colours on it. I've just had a look on Google as well and the first result is completely wrong, from my swatches it is more like XF-9 (which I think is the nearest to rust in the Tamiya range):

 

The closest I could see to the real XF-84 is this, but I would say that it is a bit darker:

 

Of course both our screen will probably be calibrated differently, but it should give you some guide.

[dogsbody]

I painted the exhaust pipes of my 1/72 Airfix Hurricane with XF-84. It looks like this:

 

 

 

 

Chris

[vimto]

Thanks for your help,

Think I will rust it up a bit with some pigments!

 

Vimto