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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 01:17 PM UTC
hey

how would you make gease,oil,petrol stains on figure clothes and on tanks and equipment.


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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 02:52 PM UTC
Matt,

Many moons ago, 1995, Tamiya Magazine did a series of mixing data for a number of things, like dust and fuel stains etc. They also supplied a set of natty self adhesive labels for bottles, mine are still safely in the magazine.

Here is the list, I typed it at the time as you just know that when you want it, you cant find it and it saved risking getting my mags covered in paint, or being used as a cutting mat.

I hope this helps,

John

TAMIYA MODEL MAGAZINE CUSTOM COLORS PAINT LABELS

All paints come from the Tamiya Acrylics range, and they are "concentrates" - in other words you will need to thin them with X20A Acrylic thinner for airbrushing consistancy.
Remember, unthinned paints last longer than thinned ones.

The colour mixes this time are;

LIGHT DUST - 4 parts XF2 Flat White, 4 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 2 parts X21 Flat Base
MEDIUM DUST - 2 parts XF2 Flat White, 6 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 2 parts X2l Flat Base
DARK DUST - 1 part XF2 Flat White, 7 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 2 parts X21 Flat Base
NORMANDY LANDINGS DUST - 5 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 3 parts XF2 Flat White. 2 parts XF64 Red Brown
VIETNAM RED DUST - 5 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 4 parts XF7 Flat Red, 1 part X21 Flat Base
ROAD DIRT - 6 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 3 parts XF1 Flat Black, X21 Flat Base
DRY TANK TRACK COLOUR - 5 parts XF64 Red Brown, 3 parts XF2 Flat White, 1 parts XF52 Flat Earth, I part X21 Flat Base
PETROLEUM STAIN - 6 parts X22 Clear, 2 parts X24 Clear Yellow, 2 parts X 19 Smoke
MOTOR RACING BRAKE DUST - 4 parts XFI Flat Black, 5 parts XF7 Flat Red, 1 part X21 Flat Base
EXHAUST STAIN - 5 parts XFI Flat Black, 4 part XF20 Medium Grey, 1 part X21 Flat Base
OIL STAIN - 6 parts X19 Smoke, 1 part X24 Clear Yellow, 3 parts X22 Clear
CORDITE STAIN - 6 parts XF2 Flat White, 2 XF63 German Grey. 1 part X21 Flat Base
TYRE BLACK - 7 parts XFI Flat Black, I part XF63 German Grey, 1 part XF64 Red Brown, 1 part X21 Flat Base
BURNT STEEL - 4 parts X 1 I Chrome Silver, 4 parts X 12 Gold Leaf, 2 parts XF64 Red Brown
LIGHT RUST - 7 parts X6 Orange, 2 parts XF9 Hull Red, 1 part X21 Flat Base
MEDIUM RUST - 5 parts X6 Orange, 4 parts XF9 Hull Red, 1 part X21 Flat Base
DARK RUST - 3 parts X6 Orange, 4 parts XF9 Hull Red, 2 parts XFI Flat Black, 1 part X21 Flat Base.
FRESH BLOOD - 8 parts X27 Clear Red, I part X25 Clear Green, I part X7 Red
LIGHT FLESH - 8 parts XF2 Flat White, 1 part XF3 Flat Yellow, 1 part XF7 Flat Red.
MEDIUM FLESH 7 parts XF2 Flat White, 1.5 parts XF3 Flat Yellow, 1.5 parts XF7 Flat Red.
DARK FLESH 6 parts XF2 Flat White, 2 parts XF3 Flat Yellow, 2 parts XF7 Flat Red.
CORSA GREY - 20 parts X2 White, 3 parts XF23 Light Blue, 1 part XF18 Medium Blue
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT INTERIOR - I part XF3 Flat Yellow, 1 part XF21 Sky, 1 part XF58 Olive Green
ALIEN SLIME - 4 parts X22 Clear, 2 parts X24 Clear Red, 2 parts X19 Smoke, 2 part XF4 Yellow Green


TAMIYA MODEL MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1996
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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 03:03 PM UTC

I´m a little bit curious how they got hold of some alien slime...
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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 09:08 PM UTC
Great stuff!
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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 10:00 PM UTC
Looks like advanced alchemy to me.
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Posted: Friday, April 28, 2006 - 04:04 AM UTC
I used the vietnam red earth mix for my M42 Duster.. Looks pretty good...


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Posted: Friday, April 28, 2006 - 05:35 AM UTC
i havnt got a very good knowlodge about paints but want does "3 parts" mean


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Posted: Friday, April 28, 2006 - 06:17 AM UTC
Think of it this way, a part is one drop.

So for LIGHT DUST - 4 parts XF2 Flat White, 4 parts XF52 Flat Earth, 2 parts X21 Flat Base

Use 4 drops XF2, 4 drops XF52, and 2 drops X21.

HTH
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Posted: Friday, April 28, 2006 - 05:49 PM UTC
Hi Matt,

Hope you find the charts useful, for measuring, try and get hold of a medical syringe. I translate the parts into mils, using the markings on the syringe barrel, this makes it easy.

John
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Posted: Friday, April 28, 2006 - 07:27 PM UTC
Matt:
I've had real good results either brushing or dripping some vegetable oil where I want the stains, then adding a little pastel to dirty it up, but never tried it on clothes.

Art
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