sej Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi: Having recently discovered Vallejo acryliccs I was wondering if anyone has come across a match for LMS crimson lake? Or indeed any other railway colour matches for acrylics in general? Regards Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi Simon, I use Vallejo Flat Earth for LNER Coach Brown, Dark Fleshtone for Bauxite and Medium Sea Grey for LNER/LMS wagon grey - I was pointed in the direction of the first two by Wordsell Forever of this parish. If you find a match for Crimson Lake I will be very interested as I find them excellent to spray - I use Tamiya acrylic thinners to thin them for spraying. That said Humbrol do Crimson Lake in the Railway acrylic range. I have a pot but I haven't tried spraying it yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sej Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hi Rob: Thanks for the colours, I'm going to have to start a list! I was interested in using Vallejo because I too have found them excellent to spray. Also it seems more easy to get acrylics through the postal system.I did find an old, and still viable pot of Precision Crimson Lake enamel in my paint pot pile yesterday so I'll have something to match against any Vallejo colours I can get hold of. I'll let you know the results. Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleyJim Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 72.132 looks a good match from their data sheet. Let you know how it compares when it arrives. It's called "Fresh Blood" BTW! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Badger DM&IR Maroon (16-87) is an exact match for LMS Crimson Lake. Excellent paint too. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingpete Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 As I was looking for the answer to this question too using Vallejo Air paints, so after some experimentation I have found that a 50/50 mix between 71.003 Red and 71.040 Burnt Umber gives me a spot on BR - LMS Crimson Red 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Red Leather and Saddle Brown are also good for weathered Bauxite shades I also use a few different shades of grey for doing unfitted wagons. Carmine Red is also a good match for BR Crimson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) I have a bottle of Model Air 71.022 RLM82 Light Green which I matched to one of the RTR BR dark greens, but which manufacture's BR dark green I can't remember. Bachmann's probably. Edited November 2, 2020 by Wheatley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGM Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 This could be a difficult list to build, given that even the model makers themselves can't agree as to what the correct colour is, even within their own ranges there are often quite large differences, not naming any maker though. I also suspect even with the real thing shades changed between batches of paint and over the years as formulations changed. In most cases its a case of if look right it probably is. just pick something close, if its slightly different then its probably just like the real thing were two fresh out the paintshop locos will look different because either the base oxide paint were of different batches or were thinned slightly different ot he top paint colour with applied slightly different by two different painters, even the number of coats of paint affects the final depth of the colour. brush painting v sparay painting will also give a different hue to the colour. Like I said a difficult list to build. NGM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 06/02/2018 at 17:51, brossard said: Badger DM&IR Maroon (16-87) is an exact match for LMS Crimson Lake. Excellent paint too. John Likewise, Badger Milwaukee Maroon is good for Metropolitan/LT maroon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just want to have a bit of a gripe about Vallejo Model Color paint. It's hard to get/match british railway colours in the US. I am hand painting a GWR coach in simplified chocolate and cream. Cream is not featured in the Vallejo or Testors ranges but I discovered that the Humbrol acrylic rail colours are available to order from the US Humbrol web page....I ordered BR Cream and Pullman Umber thinking it might do for chocolate, but no, much too dark! However Vallejo Model Color Chocolate Brown is just about right. The cream brushed beautifully but the chocolate is horrible and seems much too thick, strangely it is not available in Model Air. Has anyone else found this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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