Thanks for the info on your "night" colour Ian. I've still got an old tinlet of the Humbrol colour but don't spray enamels any more so I'll have to resort to another grey. Thankfully my kit in waiting is one of the new ones I bought on impulse when they first came out,most unlike me! I'm sure it will be okay.
"Steve! Night is Well of the red scale-- It black/prussian blue at around 10:1 Or you could just buy the on Xtracrylix do..... I know you like there paints."
That's true Ian but it looks awful on a model. I used the Xtracrylix night on the 1/72 lancaster I built as part of the BoB flight and just about got away with it as that particular Lancaster gleams like a new pin! Mixing a bit of red with a black doesn't really impart much redness,but does take the edge of the black. Some people add green or use NATO black (which is a very dark green) for the same reason. making a grey just by adding white sometimes makes it look a bit chalky. It's just a matter of preference really. I've nothing against the Xtracrylix Night colour,like the rest of their range it looks a good match for the real thing. I find that the darker the colour you apply,and black is about as dark as you can get, the more out of scale it appears.
Cheers
Steve
"Steve! Night is Well of the red scale-- It black/prussian blue at around 10:1 Or you could just buy the on Xtracrylix do..... I know you like there paints."
That's true Ian but it looks awful on a model. I used the Xtracrylix night on the 1/72 lancaster I built as part of the BoB flight and just about got away with it as that particular Lancaster gleams like a new pin! Mixing a bit of red with a black doesn't really impart much redness,but does take the edge of the black. Some people add green or use NATO black (which is a very dark green) for the same reason. making a grey just by adding white sometimes makes it look a bit chalky. It's just a matter of preference really. I've nothing against the Xtracrylix Night colour,like the rest of their range it looks a good match for the real thing. I find that the darker the colour you apply,and black is about as dark as you can get, the more out of scale it appears.
Cheers
Steve
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