Post subject: Re: Testors cancelled Polly Scale USN colors?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:40 pm
There was a review of color fidelity on SteelNavy last week:
http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/ms ... 88588.html
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Lifecolor USN paints - first impressions
Posted by richard on March 8, 2011, 4:49:48
Good Afternoon Everyone,
This morning I took delivery of my first batch of Lifecolor USN paints from graphicair.co.uk . Here are my first impressions.
I used a 1/4-in flat brush and brushed the paint on to 8x5 cm cardstock primed with Rustoleum light grey enamel primer.
1. As usual with Lifecolor, the paint brushed and covered well. Clean up is easy too.
2. Accuracy - I checked them against S&S USN paint chips, on a bright but grey day in Scotland, and please remember judging colour by eye is subjective.
5-N - a little lighter than the S&S chip and not as "blue";
20B Deck Blue - a little lighter and "bluer" than S&S chip. In addition, I don't see any appreciable difference between this and Lifecolor's non-specular sea blue FS 35042;
5-S - not a close match to S&S chip, this is way off as it is too dark and not blue enough. It is closer to S&S Cavite Blue;
5-D - a good match;
5-O (blue) - a good match, but a little too dark.
Conclusion, these paints are not as accurate as Colourcoats, but for those of us who prefer acrylics, and are not too fussy over colour accuracy, with the exception of 5-S, they are worth a try.
Best Wishes,
Richard.
With a couple of follow ups:
http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/ms ... 98761.html
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Hi Everyone,
I forgot to add a comment about 5-L to the above post.
5-L light grey, this is a little lighter and less "blue" than the early 1941 S&S chip. It's a fair rather than good or exact match.
Best wishes,
Richard.
http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/ms ... 50763.html
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The only colour I would not use is Lifecolor 5-S, Sea Blue it's not even close to the S&S chip; it's more like Cavite Blue. I think the other colours are acceptable, but note Dave Griffith's point about 5-L in his post below.
In addition, I have a suspicion that Lifecolour have used some of their mimetic colour range and repackaged them as the USN camouflage series. The 20B Deck Blue looks suspiciously like their non-specular Dark Sea Blue, and 5-O, Ocean Grey (blue version) looks like their Intermediate Blue
Best Wishes,
Richard.
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