customline Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Now that Model Master has slipped into oblivion, what brand of model paint labels their colors with the Federal Spec numbers like MM did? I'm planning to build a few aircraft models and I'm going to need proper colors. I prefer oil base enamel but if acrylics are all I can get, I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 on the lower left side of this website there is a converter for paint codes. Its drop down menu but it lists the federal paint codes and their equivlent model paints. Its just a drop down menu so easy to miss but its the bottom box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 10 hours ago, customline said: Now that Model Master has slipped into oblivion, what brand of model paint labels their colors with the Federal Spec numbers like MM did? I'm planning to build a few aircraft models and I'm going to need proper colors. I prefer oil base enamel but if acrylics are all I can get, I'll take it. Jim, Vallejo has aircraft color sets. Some of these have the FS numbers. I think they are acrylics. https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/category/hobby/sets/air-war-en/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdebie Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I can heartily recommend MRP (Mr Paint). It's an acylic lacquer, very thin, ready for use. I was never happy with my painting results until I found this paint. Here are three examples: There's no overview of all ~400 colors on their own site, so I made one myself: https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/mrp-list-all.htm You can also view the 'American colors' only list. I count 96 colors in that range. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 5 hours ago, stitchdup said: on the lower left side of this website there is a converter for paint codes. Its drop down menu but it lists the federal paint codes and their equivlent model paints. Its just a drop down menu so easy to miss but its the bottom box Can't find it, Leslie. I joined under an "alias" and looked all over the home page. Is it on another page, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 39 minutes ago, customline said: Can't find it, Leslie. I joined under an "alias" and looked all over the home page. Is it on another page, maybe? joined? its a shop website so i dont know why you would have to join. are you trying on a phone? I've only ever tried it on a laptop so it might be different on a phone. here a screenshot of what i see on the page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 15 minutes ago, stitchdup said: joined? its a shop website so i dont know why you would have to join. are you trying on a phone? I've only ever tried it on a laptop so it might be different on a phone. here a screenshot of what i see on the page Oh....THIS website? I thought you sent me to that forum ....oh....that's just your signiture....heh heh heh...☺️....I still don't get it, Les. This is where, specifically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 hours ago, bluestringer said: Jim, Vallejo has aircraft color sets. Some of these have the FS numbers. I think they are acrylics. https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/category/hobby/sets/air-war-en/ Thanks, Jim, I looked at Vallejo and it's probably what I end up with. Very impressive. I have one of their weathering kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Gunze Sangyo includes the FS# on both their Mr. Color and Mr. Hobby paints. Mr. Color is solvent based(lacquer) and Mr. Hobby is water based(acrylic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, customline said: Oh....THIS website? I thought you sent me to that forum ....oh....that's just your signiture....heh heh heh...☺️....I still don't get it, Les. This is where, specifically? on the left of the page under the model options. its the bottom box. edit. it turns out i forgot the link, sincerest appologies its creativemodels.co.uk that has it. Edited March 17, 2023 by stitchdup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctruss53 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) And this post was still there even after I replaced it with an edit. So you get to see two posts I can't delete now. Edited March 17, 2023 by ctruss53 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctruss53 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) Ugh, I quoted, then went to add a quote and it deleted my original post. So nevermind. I can't delete the screwup, so you get to see this instead. Edited March 17, 2023 by ctruss53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 23 minutes ago, stitchdup said: on the left of the page under the model options. its the bottom box. edit. it turns out i forgot the link, sincerest appologies its creativemodels.co.uk that has it. Yeah, I thought it was something like that 🥴. Thank you, Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Pete J. said: Gunze Sangyo includes the FS# on both their Mr. Color and Mr. Hobby paints. Mr. Color is solvent based(lacquer) and Mr. Hobby is water based(acrylic). Thanks, Pete, I will check it out. Good intel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, ctruss53 said: Ugh, I quoted, then went to add a quote and it deleted my original post. So nevermind. I can't delete the screwup, so you get to see this instead. Oh....don't sweat it, Chad, I do that sort of thing all the time 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, ctruss53 said: And this post was still there even after I replaced it with an edit. So you get to see two posts I can't delete now. OK, Chad, now this has to stop! 🤨 If that 53 after your name is your birth year...well......I get it 😉, seriously. Edited March 17, 2023 by customline 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 4 hours ago, robdebie said: I can heartily recommend MRP (Mr Paint). It's an acylic lacquer, very thin, ready for use. I was never happy with my painting results until I found this paint. Here are three examples: There's no overview of all ~400 colors on their own site, so I made one myself: https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/mrp-list-all.htm You can also view the 'American colors' only list. I count 96 colors in that range. Rob Good Intel, Rob! Thanks, I shall look into it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, stitchdup said: on the left of the page under the model options. its the bottom box. edit. it turns out i forgot the link, sincerest appologies its creativemodels.co.uk that has it. OK, I went to that site, found the paint conversion drop-down but when I chose "Federal Standard" it came up "there are no paints to list in this category" 😫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) I found the Federal Standard color chart as a PDF. It mayhelp me. Edited March 17, 2023 by customline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 hours ago, customline said: OK, I went to that site, found the paint conversion drop-down but when I chose "Federal Standard" it came up "there are no paints to list in this category" 😫 they do show up for some of the charts in the paint brands. eg if you select model master the chart will show the federal standard but i would go by the ral number. Its the number artist shops use so may open some other paint options in those shops. Some paint mixing systems use the ral number too as thats what each of the individual mixers are numbered with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customline Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, stitchdup said: they do show up for some of the charts in the paint brands. eg if you select model master the chart will show the federal standard but i would go by the ral number. Its the number artist shops use so may open some other paint options in those shops. Some paint mixing systems use the ral number too as thats what each of the individual mixers are numbered with It's making my head hurt. I have two colors to find. I down-loaded the FS color chart. I can get a good idea of what I need from that. Good enough for government work. Thanks for your help, Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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