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loinerlad

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Vosper RTTL....
« on: August 15, 2012, 09:02:04 pm »
Right folks I have posted about this before but I am still struggling!! I am currently building one of my favourite boats, a 50" model of the Vosper RTTL which I have posted some pictures of below, I am at the painting process now and I still can not find a colour that I am happy with for the superstructure, I want it to be as near as possible to the one at the raf museum also pictured below but nobody seems to know a name or ral number for this colour, I have had many tins of paint made up but it is not the right colour  >>:-( they are either too grey or too blue  >:-o

the pictures below are of the boat sprayed in filler primer and the next stage is the correct colour. Can anybody shed any light on this mysterious colour for me??



















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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 09:40:21 pm »
Hi...
I took a sample from the picture you posted with the colour grab on my Mac...
The RGB is
Red:178
Green:188
Blue198

The CMYK is
Cyan:30
Magenta:20
Yellow:16
Black:0

This info might help you if you can find someone to mix it....




Lee
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 09:44:41 pm »
wow Lee, thanks. I could not be that technical with my computer  {-) but thank you very much that is a HUGE help.

Chris
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 10:05:32 pm »
thats very like a humbrol colour called steel blue cant recal the paint number for it tho
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 10:18:47 pm »
Quote from: loinerlad on August 15, 2012, 09:44:41 pm
wow Lee, thanks. I could not be that technical with my computer  {-) but thank you very much that is a HUGE help.

Chris

Ahh... its not that technical ... I'm a graphic designer so my computer is set up for all this kinda stuff. 
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 10:22:57 pm »
Oh I see  :-) I have just found a farrow and ball colour on their website called borrowed light....looks very similar but that may just be my eyes  {-)
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 10:30:16 pm »
Quote from: loinerlad on August 15, 2012, 10:22:57 pm
Oh I see  :-) I have just found a farrow and ball colour on their website called borrowed light....looks very similar but that may just be my eyes  {-)

According to the sampler it is quite different... paler and more green.  The problem is, your screen is different to mine so what we're seeing wont be the same.
Here is the Farrow and Ball colour next to the colour on the real boat photo...




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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 10:35:50 pm »
Oh my  {-) that is totally different! glad I didn't order it, is there any on there website that match?

I really appreciate you help thanks mate.
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2012, 11:12:56 pm »
Hi... There isn't anything similar in Farrow and Ball nor Dulux or Johnstones.  The closest I could find tonally, was 'Crown Pencil Skirt Grey' which is one of their vintage range...
You would still have to mix a little white into it though but the tone is right.  Here it is compared to the original grey I took from the photo...




You can see it needs to be lighter... but its closer.
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2012, 11:21:27 pm »
Yeah I see what you mean, I will have to see if crown do this in a matt or satin for wood.

Thanks Lee  :-))
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2012, 11:23:19 pm »
Actually... Humbrol 64 Light Grey is pretty close... a little bit warmer but similar. You could varnish over the top is a satin?
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2012, 11:25:54 pm »
heres the humbrol chart theres a couple of colours do come close to it
http://scale-models.nl/cc-humbrol.html
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Re: Vosper RTTL....
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2012, 11:33:53 pm »
Yes... I reckon you're better off with the Humbrols...
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