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| Subject: | Re: Matilda Hard Edge 3 Color Paint Scheme |  |
| Date: | Feb 8, 2001 |
| From: | BJG | |
Go to this link:
http://members.wbs.net/homepages/m/a/f/mafva/camsub2_6.html
It is Light Stone or Portland Stone base with the other colors being
Slate and Silvergrey.
This is the recipe for the Caunter Scheme using Humbrol paints.
Steve Zaloga did a nice A-9 Cruiser in Boresight which had accurate
colors . Research showed the blue to be bogus.
Light Stone 61
Mix: 74+26 in ratio 8:1
In use: 1938-42 as base tone in Middle East
Description: A light very yellow sand
Portland Stone 64
Mix: 34+74 in ratio 4:3 plus slight touch 33 or 67 to add a hint of
grey.
In use: 1940-41 as base tone in Middle East.
Description: Pale sand grey
Silver Grey 28
Mix: 5 parts Humbrol 74 Linen and 2 parts Humbrol 145 Medium Grey.
In use: In Caunter pattern 1940-41
7-Jul-2000
Description: Recent information confirms that this colour was NOT
blue-grey but a yellow green colour between RAF interior grey green
and Sky. I have matched the actual 1930 colour sample.
This is the official colour for use in Caunter scheme
Slate 34 a.k.a "Dark Slate"
Mix: 86:111 in ratio 6:1+touch black. 111+touch 102 fair alternative,
Fades to 111.
In use: 1940-42 as dark tone in Middle east. Standard dark tone in
Caunter.
Description: A darkish dull grey-green |
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