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Horsa glider interior color

Posted by mickey mouse on 14 Jul 2013, 12:09

Hi,

recently I bought the Italeri horsa kit and started painting it.
The instruction manual says the interior must be Zinc Chromate Green.
I have 2 colors to be:
Zinc Chromate Green and Flat Interior Green, both from Pactra.
now here is my question.
wich color is the closesd match to the original, the Interior Green or the Zinc Chromate Green?

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The upper half is Zinc Chromate Green while the lower half is Interior Green.

I hope you can help me out with this.

Greetz Mickey
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Posted by Bluefalchion on 15 Jul 2013, 06:31

It's pretty hard to judge because you have a thin coat of paint and the grey is visible because you did not prime the surface.. The colors are so close to one another, though, as to make little difference. The harsh conditions would have quickly weathered the colors, so a rough approximation is as close as you will be able to achieve. I think it really comes down to this: which color do you like better as the closest to the look you are going for?
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Posted by mickey mouse on 20 Jul 2013, 09:24

Thanks mate ;-) :thumbup:

I didn't primed it, as it was a test. I should had paint it a bit better and take a better shot out side.
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