BR diesel green paint
]I've just received my O gauge D600 warship, a JLTRT kit, from my builder and sadly the green paint shade is so wrong. He tells me he has used Brooklands Green which he says is the agreed colour amongst modellers. As you can see it isnt correct by a long way. Interestingly the colour on the can top is much darker than that on the sprayed model. The recommended Hycott primer was used.
So what to do now? Do I completely respray or would a mix of matt varnish with a little added black make it acceptable?
Anyone had any experience with this please?
On the topic of BR diesel Green, I wish he had used Railmatch as I gather that is pretty close. Laurel green is also mentioned but I'm not convinced its correct. I have also used Land Rover Deep Bronze Green in the past and its near but perhaps a little too yellowy. There is also the aspect of gauge as a model painted with a given colour will look different in N gauge to one in O gauge due to surface area. I will be weathering the model but I can't start it with this shade as a base.
I would appreciate any comment on the above.
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