Another Mk.I Canadian colour question

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by eddy8men

the paint arrived yesterday and I had a chance to fiddle around with different mixes of U.S. light olive drab, very dark olive drab and a red oxide primer (to brown it) and I've come to the conclusion this will be more difficult than I thought
the colour on the left is light drab, right side is half dark, half light, centre top is the original and just to the left is the mix with a bit of red oxide, which looks nice but isn't right. I will have another go tomorrow. i'm going to persevere until I get it right

Hi Rick,
These paints take time to cure and can look dark when first painted but after a period of weeks, they dull down. Don't be too hasty. When you open a tin and stir it, it is not going to show its true colour until it has dried and cured with all the solvents gone.

cheers Richard

[stephen crowhurst]

Hello Richard

Was hand painting quite common.
After watching the film They Were Not Divided where they were hand painting there tanks white when the snow came so presume in the field this was the norm.

Thanks Stephen

[eddy8men]

hey Richie if I took it to cromadex that would be cheating, however it's always an option and if I can't crack it today I will go to my local branch and get them to sort it. the other advantage is I can order as much or as little as I want.

[RichardT10829]

Also if you are painting green on green it will come out dark... Do a test peice and try different colour primers... Along with a section on bare metal. If you get the desired colour on the bare metal you know to add lighter tints to the blend, or add chromate etch compound to the colour you have, and forgo primer (not the best method though)

[eddy8men]

lol just rang my local cromadex agent and got some shirty bird telling me they don't deal with the public, so I guess that's out then