Green zinc chromate

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Testors still has a zinc chromate in the small bottles, but it is the yellow chromate. No green chromate any more. I prefer lacquers or enamels, but will use an acrylic if I have to. Any suggestions on a green zinc chromate?

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I’ve used True North paints twice - anti fouling red and international orange. Both with great success. I have their yellow zinc chromate but haven’t tried it. They have a green zinc chromate here. Nice line of paints, may invest more:

https://www.truenorthpaints.com/paintstore/green-zinc-chromate

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For a lacquer, this is what I’m using for green zinc chromate.

https://mrpaint.sk/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=green&product_id=196

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I’ve been using Mission Models’ green zinc chromate, but it is an acrylic paint.

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Humbrol have cockpit green 78 or if you have there paints this chart might be helpful for mixing the old Humbrol 151.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_humbrolbinder.htm

SMS have a few green lacquers that look close.

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You can always do like the real folks did, and add some flat black to the yellow zinc chromate to get the green shade that you prefer.

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Thanks, guys. Some great alternatives there.

I never realized black would change the yellow to green- I had been thinking of adding some dark green.