I plan on painting my 222 in a Desert paint scheem, ie Dark grey with a overspray of sand colour. Can anyone tell me if there is a suitable dark grey spray available off the shelf so to speak. I plan on using my airbrush for the sand colour but would like to spray the base colour using a can.
regards
Steve.
Dark Grey paint
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Steve Norris
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Hi Steve,
You will find that none of the suppliers of modellers paint has the correct shade of dark-grey (RAL 7028). On the other hand the original paint, which still is available in 400 cc. spray cans, proves to be too dark for a model and requires additional lighting up of the larger surfaces.
So get a bottle of Tamiya dark grey (which in fact is much to dark), mix it with a little white and get out your paintbrush. My guess is that it will work for your special paintjob.
You will find that none of the suppliers of modellers paint has the correct shade of dark-grey (RAL 7028). On the other hand the original paint, which still is available in 400 cc. spray cans, proves to be too dark for a model and requires additional lighting up of the larger surfaces.
So get a bottle of Tamiya dark grey (which in fact is much to dark), mix it with a little white and get out your paintbrush. My guess is that it will work for your special paintjob.
Cheers,
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