postwar RAF vehicles in Blue Grey - best acrylic paints for this?

[bootneck]

Hello all,

I am about to build a postwar Matador airfield refueller in RAF blue grey and could do with some advice on the best acrylic paint for this colour please.

 

 

Cheers,

Mike

 

[Heather Kay]

Although I know it’s not quite the right shade, according to Mike Starmer's articles which I need to find a link to for you, I fall back on Humbrol 96. With a coat of satin or gloss varnish I think it looks okay.

 

https://www.mafva.org/british-vehicle-camouflage-1939-45/?v=79cba1185463 - somewhere down the page is the RAF section. I know it covers the war period, but it’s a start.

[modelldoc]

I have done the same,

 

here 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/15700951427/in/dateposted/

 

and here with a Bedford:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/40868867003/in/dateposted/

 

and the original Airfix kit:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/16114084980/in/dateposted/

 

modelldoc

[Orso]

Hera are a mix for Humbrol by Mike Starmer. It also say that Humbrol 96 is wrong for vehicles. It is for uniforms:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/viewtopic.php?p=1476245#p1476245

 

For Mike Starmer's mix of Tamiya Acrylics:  https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/viewtopic.php?p=1060840#p1060840