Painting El Alamein

[gogiovanni]

Hello to all,
I’m new of the forum and I’m not very good in english so be patient with me.

I’ve started projecting a small diorama about the battle of El Alamein (Italian and German side) but I’ve got some problems with the painting of the figure.

To do this scene I’ve bought:

Italeri German Afrikakorps

Waterloo 1815 Folgore Division Light Artillery

Italeri Messerschmitt bf-109 f

I need a painting reference for those sets (of course of the “yellow” uniforms) because there aren’t any codes in the box.

And I’d like to know also what colour you would use to color the Airplane like this:


p.s. If you can I’d prefer humbrol reference…

Thanks to all
Giovanni

[west1871]

Hello mate,

Peter sent me these when I ask for some old colour codes for the ESCI DAK.I myself am in the middle of an Afirican dio,so if I get any more info I will let you know

- HD5 = 158 = Interior Green
- MC22 = 113 = Matt Rust
- MC28 = 80 = Matt Grass Green
- MC29 = 180 = Red Leather
- MC24 = 110 = Matt Naturel Wood
- MC14 = 33 = Matt Black
- HM6 = 111 = Matt Uniform Grey
- HM1 = 93 = Matt Desert Yellow

Cant wait to see you dio finished,and don't forget to post it here (Benno's)first

Firts row: Old Humbrol code
Second row: New Humbrol code
Third row: the color

[gogiovanni]

Thanks a lot...

In Italeri's set there is only the name of Italeri paints and they are:
Skin Tone that is humbrol Matt Rust
Gun Metal is Matt Uniform Grey
Wood is Matt Naturel Wood
Sandgelb is Matt desert yellow
Lichtgrun is matt grass green
Leather is red leather
Pale that is interior green
Flat Black is Matt Black
Right?

But with you code I have another problem:
158 (Interior Green),180(Red Leather), 111 (Matt Uniform Grey) there aren't on humbrol website and 80 (Matt Grass Green) is only enamel...
Have the already changed the kind of their colours?

[Peter]

Maybe this could help you:

http://www.bennosfigures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1109

or this (Rich posted it ):

http://www.paint4models.com/paintchart/ ... tedIndex=1

Hopes this helps

[west1871]

Hello mate,

To be honest I use vallejo paints nowadays so I convert most of my colours with that conversion chart.I have gone to the acrylic side and stopped using the trustie humbrol enamels a while ago.

[luchs]

give a look on the lifeecolor luftwafe colour set no 1..
dai un'occhiata al set della lifecolor per la luftwaffe, trovi i colori di base per il mimetismo desertico
http://digilander.libero.it/torpedoclub/sub103.htm
http://www.giornimodellismo.biz/German-Luftwaffe-set-1

[gogiovanni]

Thanks to all for the help!
Another question:
Vallejo and humbrol acrylics can be used together?

[Dad's Army]

Yes no problem

[gogiovanni]

Ok thanks...
and lifecolour are good colours, at the same level of Humbrol and Vallejo?

[luchs]

Ok thanks...
and lifecolour are good colours, at the same level of Humbrol and Vallejo?

also better for airplane and armor..
anche meglio per gli aerei e per i corazzati..
rembember that are acrylics humbrol and enamel humbrol..do not match enamel with acrylics.
ci sono humbrol acrilici e humbrol smalti..non mischirali assieme..

[MABO]

I use varieties of the Games Workshop Catachan Green for G and I Uniforms but also different Khaki Versions.

I am also waiting for your dio.