Hi All,

As a new subscriber to Armorama, and as the new kids on the block as regards model aircraft paint, I thought I'd let everyone know about Colourcoats enamels. We currently have the following available, all accurately matched either to actual samples or to the relevant specification:

U.S.:
ACUS 01 Light Gull Gray
ACUS 02 Dark Gull Gray
ACUS 03, Light Ghost Gray
ACUS 04, Dark Ghost Gray
ACUS 05, Pre-war/early WW2 USN Light Gray
ACUS 06, Early WW2 USN Blue-Gray
ACUS 07, WW2 USN Semi-gloss Sea Blue
ACUS 08, WW2 USN Intermediate Blue
ACUS 09, USN/USAAF Interior Green
ACUS 10, WW2 USN Non-specular White
ACUS 11, Pre-war USN Chrome Yellow
ACUS 12, USAAF Olive Drab ANA 613
ACUS 13, USAAF Neutral Gray 43
ACUS 14, Gunship Gray
ACUS 15, USAAF Olive Drab 41
ACUS 16, USAAF Medium Green 42
ACUS 17, Gray FS36622 ('Nam)
ACUS 18, Tan FS30219 ('Nam)
ACUS 19, Green Olive Drab FS34102 ('Nam)
ACUS 20, Dark Green FS34079 ('Nam)
ACUS 21, ADC Gray
ACUS 22, WW2 Zinc Chromate Green
ACUS 23, WW2 Zinc Chromate Yellow

RAF/Fleet Air Arm:
ACRN 01, Sky Type "S"
ACRN 02, Extra Dark Sea Grey
ACRN 03, Dark Sea Grey
ACRN 04, Medium Sea Grey
ACRN 05, Light Slate Grey
ACRN 06, Dakr Slate Grey
ACRN 07, Ocean Grey
ACRN 08, Barley Grey
ACRN 09, Dark Green
ACRN 10, Dark Earth
ACRN 11, Middle Stone
ACRN 12, Azure Blue
ACRN 13, Sky Grey
ACRN 14, PRU Blue
ACRN 15, Modern RAF Green
ACRN 16, Modern RAF Gulf Pink/Sand
ACRN 17, Night Bomber Black

WW2 Japanese
ACJ 01, IJNAF Black-Green
ACJ 02, Nakajima Navy Grey
ACJ 03, Nakajima Navy Green
ACJ 04, Nakajima Interior Grey-Green
ACJ 05, Nakajima Army Green
ACJ 06, Mitsubishi Navy Green
ACJ 07, Mitsubishi Navy Grey
ACJ 08, Mitsubishi Cowl Blue-Black
ACJ 09, Kawasaki Army Green
ACJ 10, Kawanishi Green
ACJ 11, Overall Light Grey
ACJ 12, Undersurface Grey-Green
ACJ 13, Red-Brown Primer
ACJ 14, Earth Brown
ACJ 15, Aotake
ACJ 16, Mitsubishi Zero Grey-Green
ACJ 17, Nakajima Amber Grey
ACJ 18, Mitsubishi Interior Green

Luftwaffe:
ACLW 01, Dunkelgrun RLM 83
ACLW 02, Schwarzgrun RLM 70
ACLW 03, Hellblau RLM 65
ACLW 04, Grun RLM 72
ACLW 05, Grun RLM 73
ACLW 06, Braunviolett RLM 81
ACLW 07, Hellgrau L40/52
ACLW 08, Dunkelbraun RLM 61
ACLW 09 Grun RLM 62
ACLW 10, Hellgrau RLM 63
ACLW 11, Dunkelgrun RLM 71
ACLW 12, RLM Grau RLM 02
ACLW 13, Dunkelgrau, Grunlich (RLM 74)
ACLW 14, Mittelgrau RLM 75
ACLW 15, Lichtblau RLM 76
ACLW 16, Schwarzgrau RLM 66
ACLW 17, Hellblau RLM 78
ACLW 18, Sandgelb RLM 79
ACLW 19, Olivgrun RLM 80
ACLW 20, Hellgrun RLM 82
ACLW 21, Gelb RLM 04

WW2 Soviet Air Force (VVS)
ACS 01, AII Blue
ACS 02, AMT7 Blue
ACS 03, AII Green
ACS 04, AII/AMT Black
ACS 05, WUP Grey Interior Primer
ACS 06, IMUP Blue-Grey Metal Primer
ACS 07, ALG-5 Grey Metal Primer
ACS 08, AMT-4 Olive-Green
ACS 09, AMT-1 Light Grey
ACS 10, AMT-1 Dark Grey
ACS 11, AMT-11 Blue-Grey
ACS 12, AMT-12 Dark Grey
ACS 13, Tractor Green
ACS 14, AE9 Grey
ACS 15, AII Light Brown
ACS 16, AII Dark Brown
ACS 17, 4BO Army Green

Modern Soviet/Russian:
ACSM 01, Flanker Pale Blue-Grey
ACSM 02, Flanker Medium Blue
ACSM 03, Flanker Dark Blue-Grey
ACSM 04, Light Grey (MiG-29s)
ACSM 05, Blue-Grey (Current underside color)
ACSM 06, Grey (Early MiG-21, 23, MiG-25, 31, Su-24, Tu-22M, etc.
ACSM 07, MiG Cockpit Interior Turquoise
ACSM 08, MiG Radome Grey
ACSM 09, Light Brown (Later MiG-21, -23, -25, -27)
ACSM 10, Sand (Later MiG-21, -23, -25, -27)
ACSM 11, Brown (Later MiG-21, -23, -25, -27)
ACSM 12, Green (Later MiG-21, -23, -25, -27)
ACSM 13, Light Stone (Hind & Hip)
ACSM 14, Grey-Green (Hind & Hip)

Coming soon: Regia Aeronautica!

You can secure order Colourcoats online at:

http://www.whiteensignmodels.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Colourcoats_Paint_19.html

and we ship worldwide.

Hi John, welcome to Armorama
I'm not to sure if this is an appropriate post, here, but as I have an interest in you paint range I will risk getting my wrist slapped for replying and let the moderators make the decision
I use Xtracolor enamel paints, for many reasons, one of their greatest drawbacks is that they take an age to dry, but I have solved that and can have them dry almost as quickly as acrylics. So a few questions:

What is the drying time of your paints?

Are they matt or gloss?

Are they in tins or bottles?

How much paint per container?

What do they cost?

Would you like them reviewed?

I build WW II and live in the UK, would you like my address?

An impressive list.

Mal

Hi Mal,

> What is the drying time of your paints?

Varies according to climate conditions and thinners used, and method of application. For airbrushing, probably in the neighborhood of overnight for a second coat. Personally, I use lacquer (cellulose) thinner for any solvent-based paint I airbrush, with quick drying time. Some of our customers are reporting good results with Xtracolor fast-dry thinner; others with a 50:50 mix of white spirits and cellulose thinner.

> Are they matt or gloss?

Our aircraft paints are satin, while our armour and warship paints are matt.


> Are they in tins or bottles?

14ml tins, like Xtracolor and Humbrol.

> How much paint per container?

See above (that's about 1/2 oz for Colonials like myself).

> What do they cost?

£1.40/tin for UK/EU customers; £1.19 for everyone else.

> Would you like them reviewed?

You bet! Are you offering?

> I build WW II and live in the UK, would you like my address?

Yes please.

> An impressive list.

And still growing....

Mal,
Since the list is so informative, we will let John get away with the advert.

John,
Welcome to the site and I hope you can help us with our Warship section as well. Chris Decker and Mike Taylor are endeavoring to get our ship community jump-started.

Cheers,
Jim

Phew, got away with it
John, I've sent you a PM with my address These maybe the paints I've been looking for
Mal

Holdfast. Could you please explain you secret to getting the Xtra Colour paints to dry faster.

I prefer acrylics but Only Xtra Colour so far and the new WEM paints come in RLM 72 Grun. I am currently using this on a Do 17. I mixed 60%/40% paint with the Xtra Colour Fast Dry thinners. Its still taking over 24 hours to dry. While drying I get all that fluff on the beastly model even though I stash it in a cupboard.

Your secret would be most gratefully received. Or else a reccomended acrylic manufacturer who stocks ALL the RLM colours.

Well I really ought to keep this one to myself, it's probably worth a fortune :-) ..................................Just kidding. Enamel paints drying in 24 hrs is pretty good and is about the normal time. However using Xtracolor "quick drying" thinner seems an expensive way to go, when with a little knowledge you can achieve the aim at a much cheaper price. To get Xtracolor paints to dry in 24 hrs, without having to pay for their "quick drying" thinner use a 50/50 mix of white spirit and cellulose thinner. To get the paint to dry very quickly, mix the paint with straight white spirit and add a few drops of Rustins paint dryer I haven't been able to find this stuff, Merlin sent me some, after I put him on to this. Funnily enough I found out about this stuff in Hannants shop in London. They then brought out this "quick drying" thinner
Sorry I can't help you find the driers.
Mal

Thanks muchly mate. I will have a squizz on the webby for that stuff. As a regular visitor to the Hannants Colindale shop I have a large stock of the Xtra Colour range. It is very good but I LOATH the time it takes to dry. My flat seems to be a veritable trap for dust and it drives me round the bend when spraying.

My spraybooth seems to suck the dust onto the model, but if I trun it off SWMBO has kittens, hence my shift towards acrylics that do not seem to attract dust so much.