djcook Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hey all Im in need of a little spoon feeding here. I am about to break ground on my first German WWII aircraft, Tamiyas 1/48 BF109E-4/7 Trop. I am planning to do this on in the color scheme on the box which leads me to my need for the spoon feeding. Damn there are a lot of options for RLM colors!! Vallejo, Gunze etc... Can anyone out there lead me in the right direction here? Looking for any and all opinions on the different RLM Paint Lines. Looking forward to hearing from you all Thanks Dj Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisRRR Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I very much like the Gunze Range, since they're a breeze to spray. As for how "TRVE" they are I don't know... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
duck Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Pick a set that is readily available and dive in. Sometimes close is good enough, particularly when age, lighting and weathering changes how colors appear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Gunze acrylic does airbrush very well and has good matches. Its hard to get in the US however. Tamiya doesn't have exact matches but sprays as well as Gunze Acrylic (I even mix them) and is readily available. For 7/8 of my RLM colirs I mix Tamiya to match or find something close enough. There's Tamiya charts online also for RLM matches and reccomendations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pbhawkin Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Hi, I have made a chart comparing all the available hobby paints that claim to have RLM matched to the RLM paint chips from Merrick's book. YOU can decide for yourself which is the one for you. See the two charts (RLM comparison chart 1 +2) here: RLM charts Here it is on this site: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=231384&st=0&p=2206191&fromsearch=1entry2206191 Edited March 19, 2015 by pbhawkin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kaibutsu Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hi, I have made a chart comparing all the available hobby paints that claim to have RLM matched to the RLM paint chips from Merrick's book. YOU can decide for yourself which is the one for you. See the two charts (RLM comparison chart 1 +2) here: RLM charts Here it is on this site: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=231384&st=0&p=2206191&fromsearch=1entry2206191 Thanks for posting those, Peter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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