Anyone have a good mix using Tamiya paints to do P.R.U. Blue ?

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Hello anyone.. Looking for a mix to do PRU Blue or New Zealand Blue Sea Grey ? They're supposedly similar in color. I know that USN Non spec blue is supposed to be close but looks a bit to grey for me. The color in my minds eye for should gravitate towards blue ever so slightly purple. I know the description seems weird but thats what I see when I see PRU Blue.

 

Dennis

[John Laidlaw]

Hi Dennis,

 

I've used this mix in the past for PRU Blue, and it looks good to me:

 

XF-18:4 + XF-19:1

 

I don't know that it would have the purple tint for you, but maybe it would make a good starting point? Hopefully someone will come up with something closer for you.

 

Cheers!

[dogsbody]

Here are some Tamiya RAF mixes:

 

British colors
Silver Grey – XF16:1 + XF2:1
Azure Blue – X16:2 + XF2:10 + XF18:5
PRU Blue – XF18:1 + X14:2 + XF2:2
PRU Pink – XF9:1 + XF7:1 + XF2:9
Middlestone –XF59:1 + XF60:1
Sky – XF21
Interior Green – XF71
Dark Green – XF81
Dark Earth – XF52
Ocean Grey – XF82
Light Sea Grey – XF83

 

 

 

 

Chris

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

       Hello everyone.. this is my first set of results from all the mixes Ive found online.  @dogsbody the mix you found is the 3rd from left top row. And @John Laidlaw yours is first on right top row
 

The center and right lower row are variations on John’s mix and the others are variations on Chris’s mix. The closest I think too P.R.U. Blue is the 2nd from left top row. 
 

Anyone have any ideas or opinions ? 

Edited February 4, 2021 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[John Laidlaw]

I think you're right, Dennis.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Morning everyone... Well I tried some more mixes and kept getting to much grey ? So I went waaaay out in left field and tried a homemade mix. The mix is X-14x4, XF-7x2, XF-8x2, & XF-2x1. All Tamiya colors. 
Seeing as its going to be sprayed with USAAF army olive, I placed it on the wing of my Recent P-40 build and by George I think Ive got it. Oh and by the way, the original mixes I tried compare pretty close to Dark Aggressor blue using this mix of XF-18x2, X-14x4,XF-2x4, & XF-7x2. Medium Aggressor blue from a mix of XF-18x2,X-14x4, & XF-2x4. I started looking at paint chips online and those two mixes compare very closely if anyone is interested. Maybe all my experimentation will help someone else. 
 

Dennis

[GPBooth]

Here's a couple you might try.  I came up with these a few years ago in an attempt to match the PRU Blue chip in British Aviation Colours of World War Two.  Both are made using Tamiya Acrylic colors.  I apologize for the differing measurements, but these were composed on widely separated dates.

 

PRU Blue - Mix #1:

30 drops  XF 18 Medium Blue

20 drops XF 23 Light Blue

2 drops XF 5 Green

2 drops XF 8 Blue

 

PRU Blue - Mix #2:

3cc's XF 18 Medium Blue

2 cc's XF 23 Light Blue

2 drops X 23 Clear Blue

 

The second mix matches the chip more closely than the first.  Being matched to the full-scale color, both could benefit from the addition of a couple of drops of white for painting a model.  If I can figure out where to park a photo to link to, I'll upload an image of sample swatches of both alongside the chip in the RAF Museum book.