most have been taken from information provided by actual manufacturers but we can accept no responsibility for inaccurate information as we have just compiled this list from many sources and have not checked all colour variances ourselves. If you look at Tamiya’s Rodney and Nelson they look quite different, and with lots of details not in the Airfix kit. At the time portrayed in the Airfix Kit (early 1945), as far as I know, HMS Nelson had bare wooden decks with grey metal decks (possibly H27 Matt Sea Grey), not green or dark red. DaveCov - Creator of The Airfix Tribute Forum + " Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. If it turns out good, great, if not then I would have learned a little more to make the next one better.

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I've not been able to get 91 from my LMS for a while and so made the wrong assumption it was no longer made. The bleached linen was near white in color Pale yellowish white and is somewhat transparent, I prefer translucent. I'm not really a 'floaty' person, so I've only ever had a quick look through battleship reviews and can only remember snatches of comments. I'll probibly use Satin Oak for the main deck (I just like satins) and a grey and a reddish brown for the upper decks. FAA Dark Slate Grey:- To one bottle of XF22 (RLM Grey), add 35 drops of XF7 (red), and 125 drops of XF1 (flat black).British Navy wooden decks were "holystoned" daily during peacetime, this was done with sandstone blocks which in effect sanded the deck to new bare wood. One such comment was about the green decking from a HMS Hood review (I've got the 1/600 and the 1/400 in the stash). Substrate: A wide range of surfaces including most plastics, wood, glass, ceramics, metal, cardboard, sealed plaster, sealed hardboard and many more.

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In the chart below, the annotation with colour name in red means that the corresponding paint number had been available in the traditional range of Humbrol enamels, but not in the Super Enamel range. The Humbrol Color Reference is a color reference chart which includes browser matched color chips and manufacturer and FS conversions. The Super Enamel paints use the same colour numbers, but have refined formula with very small pigment more suitable for airbrush application. The original classic Humbol enamels, now in acrylic too The ever-favourite range of Humbrols enamels are now also (mostly) available in acrylic as well.

you need to see the book by Alan Raven and John Roberts- Man O' War 3 Battleships Rodney and Nelson. Another new-tool Airfix Fw 190 A in the markings of JG 300 ace Klaus Bretschneider with added FuG 217 aerials (from florists wire) and. I try and post regularly and build as many new-tool Airfix kits as possible, such as the 48th Sea Vixen seen here. Whilst every effort is made to provide the most accurate color matching possible we cannot be held responsible for any inconsistencies that may arise. An aircraft enthusiast and ex-airline dispatcher, my main interests are 72nd scale kits (not exclusively) WW II aviation, F-4 Phantoms, Fokker Triplanes and military history.