VVS color matches

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi all,
a modeller asked me for a Gunze, Tamiya o Mrpaint match for A-14 grey. Who can give some advice?
Another thing:
there was a topic with a wide work of Spitfire comparing AKAN color chips to similar chips of other brands. I an't find it any more. Who can help me?
Regards
Massimo

[Spitfire]

Hi Massimo, I did not look at Tamiya, Gunze or Mr Paint matches I only looked at enamels, the long VVS thread is on Britmodeller here, but maybe the enamels I chose could be matched to these paint ranges, I think the paint chips I did are towards the end:
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234933995-vvs-colours-in-the-great-patriotic-war/&page=11
Here's more: http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/board/index.php?topic=2007.0
I had bought some AKAN A-14 and found that Humbrol 140 Matt Gull Grey was a pretty good match

Cheers

Dennis

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi Dennis,
thank you for linking these pages. They could be useful to the modeller that asked it.
Now I think that we could try to make a match table for Soviet colors, maybe collecting experiences that have already be done by other modellers. Do you know pages related to this?

Regards
Massimo

[FlyingBins]

Hi all,
a modeller asked me for a Gunze, Tamiya o Mrpaint match for A-14 grey. Who can give some advice?
Another thing:
there was a topic with a wide work of Spitfire comparing AKAN color chips to similar chips of other brands. I an't find it any more. Who can help me?
Regards
Massimo

Mr. Paint perhaps?
http://mrpaint.sk/farby/lietadla/USSR?product_id=71

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi FB,
yes, it is the proper paint.
I still think that we have to collect datas from already published posts to make a table with the matches of many brands.
Regards
Massimo

[Spitfire]

Hi again, there was a lengthy discussion on a French Website about model paint for VVS subjects, I cannot find it now on the internet I only have a WORD copy of it but I do have the table that came with it, though I cannot verify it's accuracy.



Will look for more

Cheers

Dennis

[Spitfire]

I also found this one very useful, though I did use this Google translation.http://scalewiki.ru/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82
http://scalewiki.ru/%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82

Cheers

Dennis

[Spitfire]

More model paint chips in here.
http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/board/index.php?topic=1992.0

Cheers

Dennis

[Massimo Tessitori]

Thank you Dennis, this is a good starting point.
Regards
Massimo

[Ohotnyik]

Hallo Massimo,

Do you need a sample range from the Mr. Paint?

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
some chips you mean? It would be very interesting to photograph them aside the closer paints of other brands. Thank you for your offer.
Regards
Massimo

[learstang]

Dennis, I have some old photographs of paint samples that I believe you did, if you have problems finding your copies.

Regards,

Jason

[FlyingBins]

I do not know if it can be useful, if you find any mistake please feel free to contact me, you can comment directly on the link of the sheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zvA3hhnZDyYbE42Bi1oJ1i2qb2P7yhf9uaEQF_cLNxM/edit?usp=sharing

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
thank you for the table, surely it helps.
Anyway, I suppose that thre chips of Akan (at least, I don't know about Valleyo) are obtained with the digital conversion into RGB with the method we've discussed a month or two ago; if so, I fear that their visualization on a screen doesn't give the right idea. Please, let me know if my supposition is right or wrong.
 I would try to make as Dennis did, photographing chips side by side on the same photo or scan and using these images as a base for the chips to visualize. I'll have to scan the FS colors too for an homogeneous comparation.
Regards
Massimo

[FlyingBins]

Hi,
thank you for the table, surely it helps.
Anyway, I suppose that thre chips of Akan (at least, I don't know about Valleyo) are obtained with the digital conversion into RGB with the method we've discussed a month or two ago; if so, I fear that their visualization on a screen doesn't give the right idea. Please, let me know if my supposition is right or wrong.
 I would try to make as Dennis did, photographing chips side by side on the same photo or scan and using these images as a base for the chips to visualize. I'll have to scan the FS colors too for an homogeneous comparation.
Regards
Massimo

Hi, unfortunately I did not follow that discussion, I collected the data, with the Eye Dropper for Chrome extension from Akan and Hataka sites and from the Valllejo catalog. I realize that is not the best, but at least I've listed the product codes indicated by the companies, and the sheet I made can be commented, updated, by anyone even anonymously. Please give me a link to the topic you mentioned?
Greetings