Paint color suggestions for La Fayette Hermione

[asimon]

I'm building the La Fayette Hermoine and am trying to find the right red/orange color for the trim, railings, etc. Any suggestions? I looked for the right color in model master acrylics at the local hobby store and everything is too red or too orange. I'm guessing I'll need to mix my own. Just wondering if anyone has done this ship before and found a combination that works.

Thanks!

[mtaylor]

Are you using the ANCRE plans/monograph?   I have their Hermoine monograph and there's no color charts like on some of their other monographs.  However, they do have several pages on the colorings.

[asimon]

I have the kit by Artesania Latina. The kit doesn't list any specific colors or manufacturers, but has pictures. That's what I'm going off of. The photos in the kit seem to match the colors of the full size replicas I've seen.

[mtaylor]

If the paint is too bright, put some red in a an old lid and add one or two drops at a time of black to darken it.  I haven't done model painting in a long time and recalling what I did with the old enamel paints.

 

Many paint stores (home improvement type) here in the States have machines that can take a color swatch (say the picture of the red you need) and then give you the "mix" of colors.   The catch will be translating from house paint to the model paint in the hobby shop.

[MESSIS]

if you have the A/L model there is a list in the kit which are the original colors used for the replica. This list was taken out from the drawings (now in Greenwich museum)  of the original ship. The list refers to "Pantone" color numbers, but a model designer of A/L was kind enough to send me the coresponding "Vallejo" paint numbers.

 

So if you need any of the lists please tell me so.

 

Christos

[asimon]

I would love the corresponding Vallejo paint numbers - thanks!

 

[puckotred]

charts

Vallejo model air

and

Vallejo model color

 

Could may be of some use...

[MESSIS]

Nº1 Pantone 7401 - Vallejo Model Color 70837

Nº2 Pantone Pro Black - VMC 70950

Nº3 Pantone 7509 - VMC 70927

Nº4 Pantone 7406 - VMC 70953

Nº5 Pantone 120 - VMC 70949

Nº6 Pantone 2728 - VMC 70930

Nº7 Pantone 180 - VMC 70908

Nº8 White - VMC 70951

Nª9 Pantone 428 - VMC 70989

Nº11 Pantone 556 - VMC 70838

Edited September 3, 2018 by MESSIS

[asimon]

Thank you!