Humbrol 163 satin green

[cocky05d]

Building the Airfix  1/72   E E Lightning  ,any one got a suggestion as to which of those three paint brands match Humbrol 163 .

Or which ratio of which paints i can mix my own .

Thanks 

[Graham Boak]

As this is used for RAF Dark Green, and is generally considered a good match, then I would expect Xtracrylic RAF Dark Green to be a good match too.  Perhaps too pessimistically, but judging from more general comments on this board, I would expect both of the others to have colours in their range claiming to be RAF Dark Green but less likely to be good matches.

 

PS  Having seen one example of these aircraft close up, I would look for something a little greener than the "correct" colour  (nearer Humbrol 30 if I dare say so) but reputable sources at the time said they were in RAF Dark Green.  Perhaps the one I saw was a bit faded.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Graham Boak

[cocky05d]

Hi ,thanks for the reply .In the middle of a large build of 1/72 Aircraft ,6 Hurricanes ,five post war RAF Jets ,two captured USAAF planes ,two Bristol Blenheim's 

and a ME110 .

Might get done by the summer ,haha.

[Hook]

Vallejo Air 71.324 BS Dark Green looks good to me.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Aardvark]

My mobile hobby colour converter show next:

As for my eyes  best result Tamiya XF-26:

But it's program it's not really paint in reality it's maybe different.

Search also instructions in internet, as examples:

Hasegawa recommended H331.

 

B.R.

Serge