allecb Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 building an aoshima 350z fairlady 2007 kit, and im painting all the various parts before i build, and i approach this. http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5673/photo6ns.jpg "A" means mixed color. what does that mean??!!? the two colors in question are flat white, and flat black. do they want me to put these two paints together, swirl them around and paint the whole piece with this? im having a hard time... ALSO, theres literally two tiny pieces that require clear orange. i dont want to go out and spend 3-6 dollars on literally two brush-strokes worth of paint.. i do have orange. but not clear orange. any ideas? its for a taillight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allecb Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 and my kit is missing the left door handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Yes , mix those colors together Edited March 13, 2013 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 LOL The color mixing instructions appear to be different in Japanese than in English. Japanese: 10 parts of color #12 mixed with 1 part of color #10 Engrish: 10 parts of color #12 mixed with 1 part of color #11 I don't know which one is correct- maybe try both and see which one seems proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allecb Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 all i have is a little tiny jar of testors flat white, and a spray can of flat black. how the F am i supposed to do a 10:1 ratio? hmmm....i think i might just paint the interior a color i like instead instead of trying to mix a potion of colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I count drops into a mixing cup or empty paint jar. That is what they mean. You can drip them from a brush (use the same, or at least same size) or a pipette I have several Gunze 1/32 American 50's-60's kits and they give mix formulas as % ie; 80% color A + 20% color B. Here total mix by a count of 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB08 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Personally, I would go with what ever color you want unless you just absolutely want to keep to box instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest G Holding Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) I was too lazy to google RHD so reverse the picture. As far as the clear, get red, orange, and blue. If you are going to keep building you will need those on a regular basis...yup just a couple of strokes...Where you will notice wrong colors right away. Edited March 14, 2013 by G Holding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allecb Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 It says orange but the box has it looking red. And all 350z I see on the road have red. I think I'll do red but I will invest in orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 For clear orange, use an orange sharpie. That's ALL I use and works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allecb Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 Wow! Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_gunze.htm Edited March 15, 2013 by sportandmiah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 BTW, when using clear orange on gauges and the like, either BMF or paint with silver first, then use the sharpie over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydime Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 For clear orange, use an orange sharpie. That's ALL I use and works great. Yep, always keep orange, red, blue, yellow, and black Sharpies on hand. They will always help in a pinch. As for the flat black, just go buy a little Testors bottle for a buck or two if you are determined to follow instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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