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| Subject: | Re: Color for Tamiya Centaur |  |
| Date: | Jul 27, 2001 |
| From: | Paul Roberts | |
Mark Norman wrote:
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> I'm building a Royal Marine Centaur. The Tamiya instructions tell me to
> paint it XF-52 FLAT EARTH. However, I've seen this color on several
> examples at model shows and it just doesn't look convincing enough. Now I
> don't want to get into a color debate...but is there any other color or
> color combination..perhaps a color from another vendor that will work? The
> kits box art has a more yellow brownish color.
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> Thanks in advance.
The colour is supposed to be the British Brown SCC-2 (I think, I'm away
from my references at the moment) which apparently, when new, was a rich
chocolate brown. This quickly faded in the field to a more drab brown
something near Tamiya Earth. If I were you I might consider using the
dark base colour/lighter top coat system using a plain Tamiya Flat Brown
overall and then spraying in the Flat Earth to lighten the tone and in a
mottled fashion to simulate the fading. A little streaking with sprayed,
thinned Buff or Light Stone and you can get a good effect.
Paul Roberts |
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