White star buff

[peterairfix]

can anyone help me with acheiving a good color for white star buff as it would have been on the titanic there is web site that i use for such things but i wonder i any body can come up with a better color match.

 

[Ian M]

Rivet Counter

Err that is not a comment towards you but a link to a web site. Having posted the link and saw that it just said Rivet counter, I thought an explanation was called for lol

Remember Google is your friend...

Ian M

 

[peterairfix]

thanks ever so much it will be a great help for me

cheers peter

 

[blitzbob]

Humbrol 63 with a dash of white. amount depending on the scale. I had a part tin that came from a crew member of M V Britannic some years back. thats as close as you get. Fed up with seeing yellow on models of the Big T.

hope this helps.

bob

president British Titanic Society

 

[peterairfix]

thanks for your tip bob so i,ve done a sample funnel in the way you suggested here is the result,s let me know how close i got.the black paint is not gloss but still wet matt.

cheers and many thanks peter

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[blitzbob]

yes thats good, not far out. the funnels were given a fresh coat before each round trip. how are you going to plate it? card or plastic?

i look forward to seeing how you get on.

bob

 

[peterairfix]

i'am not to sure yet as its only an experimental one so i'am going to build one out of card to see what it turns out like,but i might build the oylimpic in her war time dazzel paint but iam undecided yet so any help and pointers would be welcome,as i still have to finish my hmhs britannic.

thanks peter