First time poster to this forum. I just started Heller’s Victory, after having the kit on my shelf for 20+ years. I’m trying to find the right Black and Yellow Ochre for the hull, having experimented with Testors Master Modeller’s “Classic Black” and Humbrol’s “Marker Yellow” (HC6). Does anyone have any advice on the proper paints to select?
Hi,
I’ve built the model several times for clients. The following colors are what I’ve used to paint the model.
Floquil Rail Road Colors
Flat Black
Sunflower Yellow with 5-10 drops of Spanish Yellow mixed to tone it down a touch.
Email me direct and I’ll shoot you some pictures
Jake
jbgroby@cox.net
The “black” paint during the Nelson period seems to have been a pretty honest-to-goodness black. My personal approach is never to use pure black on a ship model; in this case I’d probably tone it down with a little blue and a little grey. The yellow on the stripes seems to have been a rather dark yellow ochre, which probably faded (i.e., lightened) over time.
Model Shipways (available through Model Expo, at <www.modelexpo-online.com>) sells the only broad range of paints intended for sailing ships that I’m familiar with. I’ve used quite a few of their colors, with mixed results. Some of them work fine - about like PolyScale, which is my current favorite. Others (the blues seem to be especially problematic) don’t work so well for me; they have a thin, waxy consistency that doesn’t cover well. But in terms of color I think they’re pretty trustworthy. I believe the website includes color chips - not a hundred percent reliable when they’re rendered by your printer, of course, but a reasonable place to start.
Painting a sailing ship model is a good bit different from painting an aircraft or tank - or car for that matter. There are no hard rules about colors - no government-sanctified mixes, etc. You’re largely on your own, and there’s plenty of room for personal judgment and taste.
Hope this helps a little. Good luck.
Big Jake has the answer to this as well a Tilley. I have mixed the paints when working on the ochre. This can atke a bit longer but well worth the time.
I just finished up the HMS Shannon about four months ago but wanted to “cheat” and find a paint. Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been working on a USS Chesapeake for over one year now. If she kiils me make sure to place what’s left of the kit in my coffin. might as well take it into the next life. Lord knows it will be around for this one…Sorry. I got off track but it sure feels good to blow off steam. Anyway. Tilley turned me on to modelexpo-online.com
The color is listed as light bluff. I wanted the ship to look weathered so I toned it down with a light wash of burnt umber. Looks good enough for me. Hope this helps.
Chris
I’ve being building Hellers Victory for 3 years now great kit I found humborl paint just fine. There’s a great site in the UK (where else ) on the Victory that tells all including colors go goolge HMS VICTORY