Vallejo Model Air - Mixing a GOOD Dunkelgelb Colou

[Hinksy]

Hi guys,

Has anyone ever tried making a shade of DY from Vallejo Model Air? (see photo below)

I've recently started using Vallejo Model Colour and Panzer Aces for my brush work and the Superb Model Air for a lot of my air brush work.

I'm happy with the shades I've got for German Grey, Rotbraun & Olivgrun etc but am unsure about their Dunky.

I placed an order the other day for some and bought a box set of 10 odd colours for WWII AFV cammo and bough a few extra bottles with the idea of making some Dunky.

I currently use Tamiya XF-55 (Deck Tan) mixed 50/50 with XF-60 (Dark Yellow) and it's a killer colour BUT I'd like to try a different shade.

I bought some Model Air 'Sand Yellow' and 'Sand' to hopefully add to the Model Air Dark Yellow to make a good shade, I'm thinking the Sand and the standard Dunky mixed properly could work well.



Thanks fellas,

Ben

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From what I've read on various forums,and seen at shows,there isn't an IDEAL DG.....Bit like there isn't an IDEAL OD for US armour....Go with what looks right in your eyes.....you aren't going to be far off!!!!....after all the weathering etc.....
My two penn'th!!! ;D

[wing_nut]

Dec 29, 2012 16:45:01 GMT -5 @chrisb said:

From what I've read on various forums,and seen at shows,there isn't an IDEAL DG.....Bit like there isn't an IDEAL OD for US armour....Go with what looks right in your eyes.....you aren't going to be far off!!!!....after all the weathering etc.....
My two penn'th!!! ;D

Roger that. And when your're done filtering and washing, that color will be more or less gone anyway.

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It is!!!

[eastrock]

its all depend on the weathering, but sometimes it really depend on the modeler itself, just like the US Olive Drab or Russian Green, but I dig with the Tamiya Dark Yellow for the Dunkelgelb. I tried adding a few drops of white for the fading effect, the Vallejo Dark yellow works best also