I have a friend that recentluy purchased a 1966 Chevelle SS 396 and the color is Butternut Yellow. I have Tamiya Acrylics. Does anyone know how I would go about mixing this color for my airbrush? I am making 1/25 scale version for his Christmas present.
thanks in advance,
Michael
Mixing colors is not the easiest thing in the world if you are not an artist, but that is no reason not to try. If you have a photo editing program and a scanner that can help a lot. Take a sample of the paint you are trying to match, or a good color photo. Scan it into the photo editor. Now use the color picker tool to select that color. When you move the picker over the color, you will see a momentary of the R, G, and B values, but it is better to click on the foreground color area after you have selected it, and a popup window will show the values of the color. Then, repeat with a sample of the closest normal model color you can find. Look at the values for that. This tells you what changes need to be made by adding the appropriate colors. It is still an art, but it least this process quantifies it a bit.
I have also used used this technique to match colors that appear on decals. Scan the decal and use the computer analysis to see what I need to do to match it.
Don to funny. I helped write the National Skills Examination for Photoshop and never thought of this. If use the same device to photograph the car that I use to sample my mixes I can eliminate any color shifts by the capture method. Brilliant thanks. Thought maybe it would already have some formula. Dreamed that someone would say 2 oz this 1 oz that .5 oz this.
Many local parts houses can mix colors for you. You may try that. I bet they can even do it in acrylic. You’ll end up with a lifetime supply, but you’ll be done, and have a properly-matching color.
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
Try the auto parts outlet places for a bottle of touch up paint for the Butternut Yellow.
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Model Car World paint has true-to-life, right-from-the-chip super accurate colors available for around $8.00. Absolutely some of the best paint you can get.
Dang, Karl, that is a great link there. I went down the list and found the Chevy Butternut Yellow that is the subject of this thread.
6505 Butternut Yellow 65&67-69 Ch. BOP
Lee, those paints are the BOMB! The metallic colors are “ground to scale”, meaning they actually have scale-sized metal pigments in the paint that look like real, scale metallic colors. Amazing, honestly. The best model auto paints you can buy.
Bob, here is a link to the Dupli-Color web site for butternut yellow paint.
You beat me to it Karl. I painted a 65 Impala with their Evening Orchid. It turned out great. And it comes pre thinned and ready to spray.
It’s great stuff, eh?
A word of warning though----MAKE SURE you use a proper automotive primer under it–it’s very “hot”!
I completely ruined a vintage AMT AMX Javelin kit by trying to paint MCW paints over Tamiya fine primer. This is NOT a true “automotive strength” primer!!! You have to either order their own primer, or use like Duplicolor primer under it.
I shoulda known that—I’ve done other cars with MCW paints and had no problem, but I forgot myself on this one very expensive, rare kit. It figures, huh? [:(]