British Racing Green #2

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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As no one replied to me I will try and broaden my question.

I am looking to mix (or buy) a British Racing Green. I have loads of Humbrol enamel so in an ideal world I would like to use them. Unfortunately I don’t think there is a clear interblend using Humbrol enamel.

Tamiya do a spray can Racing Green but I am looking to apply it with an airbrush. Tamiya also have a Lotus Super 7 Series II model on the market that may depict a mixing scheme.

So my new question is: Does anyone know a mix for British Racing Green or Racing Green in Tamiya, Model Master, XtraColor or any major brand?

Thanks in advance,
Harold Clements

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I didn’t reply to your last question, because I’ve no idea. I’ve seen the color before, but not recently enough to be fresh in my mind. If Tamiya makes a spray, why not take a straw and decant it into a jar. Then you can use it at your leisure in your airbrush.

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I did not mean anything by the ‘no one replied’ statment. I apologies if I upset anyone. What I was trying to say was that my last question just asked about Humbrol and I was afraid if anyone knew of any other manufactures they would have ignored it.

Anyhow if anyone is interested:

Astin Martin Metallic Green: 4 X (X-11), 8 X (X-5), 1 X (X-8)
Mini Cooper Green: 8 X (X-5), 1 X (X-1), 1 X (X-4)
Jaguar Green 8 X (X-5), 1 X (X-1)

All colours are Tamiya enamel.

Cheers,
Harold Clements

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What year and what model British Racing Green??

The colour has changed wit the years and cars, with the current one being a very dark green(methinks).

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I was just after a very good match thats all. I am making a Heller 1970’s Mini Cooper Special for a friend who has been after a real Mini Cooper in British Racing Green, with white leather seats and wallnut dashboard, for a while.

I was just going to go with the Mini Cooper Green as above.

Cheers,
Harold

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Mini Cooper Green is different from the British racing green of the time, but will be more accurate for the build.

There are many greens that are commonly mislabeled as British Racing Green. [;)]

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I found my shade of British Racing Green in an odd place. When I built my Tamiya Lotus 25 Coventry Climax F1 car from the 1965 season (my first non-winged model in about twenty years), I had a difficult time researching the colors, because most of the photos I could find were in B&W, though I did find some color.
And then when I settled on what I felt was the closest color match, I couldn’t find it. I tried all kinds of out-of-the-bottle colors and mixtures, and was happy with none of them. Getting desperate, I noticed a promising color on a spray can cap. To my amazement, it was from the Krylon Short Cuts series of small cans and the match was, to the best of my ability to confirm it, virtually perfect. It was the first time I’d painted a model from a can since I was a kid and you know what? The sky did not fall, lions did not whelp in the streets, it did not rain frogs and I did not break out in boils. And my airbrush forgave me. So, find these colors at an art supply store or the hardware store. I have since used one of the reds and a white from this series with equally good results. These cans spray with a nice, soft pressure and relatively narrow spray, ideal for model work. Good luck.
TOM

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Harold
are you in the uk if so where ?
in maidstone i know there is a car paint shop that does british racing green which is the same as dark bottle green if this helps