Colors

[dw5555]

Need help with what everyone is using in rattle can colors.

Jägermeister orange

Marlboro red

Dave

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Both liveries have changed over time, but for the red, I like a light coat or two of Tamiya Italian Red (TS-8) over a black primer for Marlboro. Otherwise, you can try to find a deep red over gray primer, but that is tricky to get just right.
For Jagermeister, the best I have found is Testors Model Master Grabber Orange (28105). Nothing else really has the right light value.

[Czar]

This is interesting since interpreting color os so subjective. Each year, when I was teaching, I would pick a day a wear a bright, solid color shirt. I would sit in a well lighted area of the classroom. Each student was asked to use a Pantone* book to find the best match to the color of shirt I was wearing. Students had to stay about five feet back, they couldn't touch the color sample to the shirt. In a class of 8-10 students there was often no one who matched another's color choice. I think once, in about 10 years I had three students agree. My point is, if the color is close and you like it, use it. The only way you can get an exact match is to use a Pantone formula. Lighting, and even near-by colors will affect and change the way a color is seen and interpreted.
*Panatone is a standard for mixing inks in specific amounts to obtain matching colors.

[dw5555]

I understand what your saying but the difference here is picking from a limited selection of colors available to get it close enough. Since I don't have an airbrush and can't mix a color that is exact about the only thing I can do it get a color that is close and what color primer to put under it to get it closer.. :think:

Dave

[chrisguyw]