Re: Heng Long - Late Tiger1
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:04 am
Regarding colour matching I follow turn to these:
Siggi you have been doing this long enough to know that in Modelling there are some golden rules that can never be broken
The 10 rules of modelling
#1 whatever you pick as Dunkelgelb will be wrong
#2 whatever you pick as Olive Drab will be wrong
#3 whatever you pick as Russian 4BO Green will be wrong
#4 whatever you pick as Panzer Grey will be wrong
#5 No mater how much you spend on an airbrush someone will find a more expensive one to make you feel Inadequate.
#6 No mater how good you build a kit someone will point out the kits error making you ask "why did I bother"
#7 No mater how many kits you buy to hide in your loft you will still have to buy loads more, even if they are the same as the ones you already have, but at least you have stopped someone elso from buying it and maybe building it.
#8 No Matter how glossy you want your finish your gloss finish wont be glossy enough
#9 No Matter how Matt you want your finish your Matt finish wont be Matt enough
#10 Anything you want to build will be out of stock.
I think when painting a tank as long a colour looks right then that's enough. There was that much range in shades produced that going for exact matches is silly. Also remember when building scale models toake them look right you have to use a lighter shade (ie real panzer grey will look too dark on a model or so I'm told) .
Siggi you have been doing this long enough to know that in Modelling there are some golden rules that can never be broken
The 10 rules of modelling
#1 whatever you pick as Dunkelgelb will be wrong
#2 whatever you pick as Olive Drab will be wrong
#3 whatever you pick as Russian 4BO Green will be wrong
#4 whatever you pick as Panzer Grey will be wrong
#5 No mater how much you spend on an airbrush someone will find a more expensive one to make you feel Inadequate.
#6 No mater how good you build a kit someone will point out the kits error making you ask "why did I bother"
#7 No mater how many kits you buy to hide in your loft you will still have to buy loads more, even if they are the same as the ones you already have, but at least you have stopped someone elso from buying it and maybe building it.
#8 No Matter how glossy you want your finish your gloss finish wont be glossy enough
#9 No Matter how Matt you want your finish your Matt finish wont be Matt enough
#10 Anything you want to build will be out of stock.
I think when painting a tank as long a colour looks right then that's enough. There was that much range in shades produced that going for exact matches is silly. Also remember when building scale models toake them look right you have to use a lighter shade (ie real panzer grey will look too dark on a model or so I'm told) .