bevita
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Post by bevita on Oct 19, 2014 8:33:32 GMT -5
Hello everybody from Sicily, Italy!
First of all I apologize for my English... I'm not a slot enthusiast, I'm a static modeller and my favourite scale is 1/24 (but I love 1/32nd and I have many kits in this scale).
I fell on this forum while strolling on the web and I found it very nice and exciting.
I'm going to build a 1962 BRM P57 model and I found that it's very hard to establish the correct colour for this car... I know that's a dark metallic green, but can someone say something more? Do you have any reference?
Thank you in advance!
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Post by Chris Wright on Oct 19, 2014 17:30:00 GMT -5
Hello everybody from Sicily, Italy! First of all I apologize for my English... I'm not a slot enthusiast, I'm a static modeller and my favourite scale is 1/24 (but I love 1/32nd and I have many kits in this scale). I fell on this forum while strolling on the web and I found it very nice and exciting. I'm going to build a 1962 BRM P57 model and I found that it's very hard to establish the correct colour for this car... I know that's a dark metallic green, but can someone say something more? Do you have any reference? Thank you in advance! BRM green is a very dark Green, Blue, Grey Metallic colour. In the States I have found A base coat of Tamiya British Green, followed by a dusting of Tamiya Dark Blue Metallic, applied while the green is still wet. I know they follow a different approach in the U.K. and David Lawson is the expert on that. With a bit of luck he may see this post and respond. Good luck, Chris |
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Post by David Lawson on Oct 22, 2014 2:42:40 GMT -5
The origin of the BRM colour goes back to the beginnings of the 1950s. Originally the cars were a very pale metallic green but in 1952 they switched to the now familiar colour. When the colour was first mixed at BRM apparently by adding dark blue to the original paint they called it "Dark Lustrous Green" but this isn't a recognised name on any paint chart.
The only way to find a suitable paint is to study charts and look for a close match.
Barry Boor came up with a very convincing paint a couple of years ago, this is "Maserati Rifle Grey" and I've used it and think it is a good match.
I've been to open race meetings where we have lined up half a dozen BRM slot cars all sprayed by mixing different paints and they all looked very similar to each other so it is down to the model-makers eye to judge it correctly.
David
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Post by Aurora on Oct 22, 2014 3:53:44 GMT -5
Are metallic flakes actually present in the pigment?
And if so, which paint maker produces metallic paints with 1/32 scale flakes, which must be down in the nanometer range?
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Post by f143 on Feb 15, 2015 7:42:45 GMT -5
Is there a Tamiya colour similar to Maserati rifle grey? or any other brand come to that? and, is it metalic?
I would welcome more comments on this issue if anyone would like to oblige.
Thanks
Nigel
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Post by Chris Wright on Feb 15, 2015 11:08:58 GMT -5
Hi Nigel, I don't think there is a Tamiya color that works. I usually use British Green with a light misting of dark blue to give the effect. On the subject of Rifle Grey, here is the Eureka moment from Mr. Barry Boor: forums.autosport.com/topic/83983-brm-green-sorted/Well, gents, I think we are finally THERE. With help from a source very close to ( an owner ) of a recently restored H&H BRM, I have been able to match the colour on this car as closely as I think we are ever going to get. I found it after trolling through literally hundreds and hundreds of car colour slips. I will have a good think and decide if I'm going to tell you what it is...... Oh, alright.... ready? The colour is a Maserati colour - code 224643 and its name is (believe it or not) RIFLE GREY! I have had a can mixed by my local Halfords and I can tell you that it is extremely close to the colour my source provided for me. So, there you are, get spraying you modellers. |
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Post by f143 on Feb 15, 2015 20:07:34 GMT -5
Thanks Chris, I appreciate your input, and I am sure your paint method of mixing the 2 colours comes as near as possible to the colour, it's just that I was hoping for an easy solution, seeing as I am not too good at the painting and finishing side of modelling.
Thanks
Nigel
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Post by Aurora on Feb 20, 2015 13:40:15 GMT -5
Nigel, I was looking for an easy solution also. I hope to be able to use one of the Tamiya military colors.
Matt
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 14:43:12 GMT -5
Try Zero Paints. They do a set of specially mixed paints for BRM. It includes the main very dark green AND a small pot of noseband orange and all for around £8. I have used their paints and they are superb.
Cheers,
Martin
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