Tamiya or Vallejo colours for the German Gneisenau ?

[100SQN]

Hi,

 

I am about to start my first ship model but I'm not sure which colours to use.

Could anybody recommend which Tamiya or Vallejo colours I should use for my Tamiya 1/700 Gneisenau please ?

I know other paint manufacturers do better matching colours but I'm not looking to buy another set of paints

 

Many thanks

Simon

[beefy66]

Hi Simon

 

You are probably looking for Hellgrau for your Gneisenau and looking at the Tamiya paints for comparison to the colourcoats I have you should be using XF19 Sky Grey or XF20 Medium grey to get somewhere near to a match HTH.

 

beefy

[100SQN]

Thanks Beefy

 

Is that for the hull and superstructure ?

 

Cheers,

Simon

[10btaff]

have you seen this site? Vallejo colours for various navies

http://ipmsswamp.com/files/VallejoWWIINavalColorEquivalents.pdf

[beefy66]

8 hours ago, 100SQN said:

Thanks Beefy

 

Is that for the hull and superstructure ?

 

Cheers,

Simon

Hi Simon yes they would be for hull and superstructure and a deck tan for the wooden deck areas.

 

beefy

[100SQN]

Thanks Beefy, much appreciated

 

Simon