Help Need Tamiya paint equivalant to RLM75

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Just as the post says, I’m getting ready to paint my 109 and the instructions are calling out for grey RLM 75 and all I have are Tamiya paints, not sure which one to use. I was thinking of using either med. grey or neutral grey, not sure. Also I"m assuming/hoping that their dark grey will work for RLM 74 , if not what color do I use for that also? Thanks

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Unfortunately, there is no direct equivalent to RLM74 and RLM75 in the Tamiya range. For the 75, I mix Tamiya XF-54 and XF-51, comes pretty close. Can’t remember what I used for the 74. Here’s a link to an excellent reference color chart from IPMS Stockholm, HTH!

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With a bit of cross-referencing (RLM>FS>Tamiya) I would say XF-54, RLM75 = FS26231 = XF-54. I would advise you use Mk1 eyball to verify this. You may notice that some cross-references will suggest FS36231, this is also correct, the 1st digit only denotes the finish, gloss matt…

Some usefull links;

http://ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/colorcharts.asp

http://www.colorserver.net/

http://www.ipmsnymburk.com/tamiya%20mixing/RLMwithTamiya.pdf

http://www.paint4models.com/index.html

Looks like Daywalker got there first (& knew more about it).

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Thanks guys, greatly appreciated. I just made things easier for myself and went and got a bottle of Model Master Acryl RLM 75.[:D]