Buck Rogers Starfighter color?
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belleauwood
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Excerpts from the paint guide I did awhile back on the Thunder:
Base Hull -Rustoleum“Painters Touch”#1996 Navajo White
Light Hull -Krylon#1504 Ivory Gloss
Grey Hull -Rustoleum“Painters Touch”#1994 Almond
Engine Base -Model Master FS15042 Dark Sea Blue
Engine Highlight -Model Master Acryl 4749
Engine Gray Cockpit/Cannons -Any brand DARK Gray Primer
Additional Specific Colors as needed Pilot-white, flesh, armband colors, black
Cockpit-Silver Highlights, Rust weathering (wash/pastels)
Engine Cans -Gold
Specific brands are mentioned as each brand varies somewhat with their version of a given color slightly, for example, Rustoleums Almond is a very different shade than Krylons. For best results, stick to these suggestions unless you would like to custom mix your own colors. For what it is worth, the above recommendations are not made lightly, many hours of research on both vintage photos and test shots were made to try and find the best possible color matches that are complementary with the original color scheme layout and each other.
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And what one looks like being held by Gil Gerard when painted like this . . . BTW_ Both Gil and Erin said this was very close to their personal SF's done by the heartland crew as a gift . . .
I was right on most of the panel details, the underside was a bugger tho, no good ref on that until recently when Ken Larson updated his universalheartland.com site after I talked with him about it for the last 2 years with higher rez photos . . .
For what its worth, I still have the panel scheme diagrams floating around on a CD somewhere . . .
And here it is under different light:
Hope this helps
Ryan
Base Hull -Rustoleum“Painters Touch”#1996 Navajo White
Light Hull -Krylon#1504 Ivory Gloss
Grey Hull -Rustoleum“Painters Touch”#1994 Almond
Engine Base -Model Master FS15042 Dark Sea Blue
Engine Highlight -Model Master Acryl 4749
Engine Gray Cockpit/Cannons -Any brand DARK Gray Primer
Additional Specific Colors as needed Pilot-white, flesh, armband colors, black
Cockpit-Silver Highlights, Rust weathering (wash/pastels)
Engine Cans -Gold
Specific brands are mentioned as each brand varies somewhat with their version of a given color slightly, for example, Rustoleums Almond is a very different shade than Krylons. For best results, stick to these suggestions unless you would like to custom mix your own colors. For what it is worth, the above recommendations are not made lightly, many hours of research on both vintage photos and test shots were made to try and find the best possible color matches that are complementary with the original color scheme layout and each other.
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And what one looks like being held by Gil Gerard when painted like this . . . BTW_ Both Gil and Erin said this was very close to their personal SF's done by the heartland crew as a gift . . .
I was right on most of the panel details, the underside was a bugger tho, no good ref on that until recently when Ken Larson updated his universalheartland.com site after I talked with him about it for the last 2 years with higher rez photos . . .
For what its worth, I still have the panel scheme diagrams floating around on a CD somewhere . . .
And here it is under different light:
Hope this helps
Ryan
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Wow Gil looks great now - so glad he's healthier.
Carson Dyle
Sr Member
Although it doesn't always photograph, the "tan" used on the FX miniatures tended strongly toward the yellow.
http://www.battlebuck.com/Rogers/Starfighter/Starfighter.html
I spent some time clambering over the full-scale mock-up when it was still on the Universal lot (two fires ago), and it was finished in the same shade of creamy-yellowish-tan as the miniatures.
http://www.battlebuck.com/Rogers/Starfighter/Starfighter.html
I spent some time clambering over the full-scale mock-up when it was still on the Universal lot (two fires ago), and it was finished in the same shade of creamy-yellowish-tan as the miniatures.
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nightrider
Sr Member
Kinda sounds like "grime".:lol Must have been a popular color.
nightrider
Sr Member
It was the creamy-yellowish-tan comment that made me think grime, but I certainly wasn't saying that was the color, just that the description Carson gave sounded like it.
Carson Dyle
Sr Member
Of course we're each of us free to paint our own models however we wish, but in this instance, with regard to the paint scheme of the original miniature(s) I know whereof i speak.
The Thunderfighter is one of my favorite ships. I know the owner of the original hero miniature, I've studied photos taken by the official Hartland photographer, and I've discussed this topic with the guys who actually designed, painted and built the original BR models.
Like it or not, believe it or not, give a rat's ass or not, "creamy-yellowish-tan" is an accurate description of the Thunderfighter's finish. If said finish conjures up images of "grime," so be it. Personally, I find the warm tones help the subject stand apart from all the "cool grey" and "off-white" paint schemes found on every other 70's-era spaceship miniature.
I'll do my best to lock down a pantone reference, but in the meantime, if you're lurking around out there Gene, feel free to chime in.
Oh, wait... I forgot... Gene botched the paint job on his Thunderfighter.
Nevermind.
The Thunderfighter is one of my favorite ships. I know the owner of the original hero miniature, I've studied photos taken by the official Hartland photographer, and I've discussed this topic with the guys who actually designed, painted and built the original BR models.
Like it or not, believe it or not, give a rat's ass or not, "creamy-yellowish-tan" is an accurate description of the Thunderfighter's finish. If said finish conjures up images of "grime," so be it. Personally, I find the warm tones help the subject stand apart from all the "cool grey" and "off-white" paint schemes found on every other 70's-era spaceship miniature.
I'll do my best to lock down a pantone reference, but in the meantime, if you're lurking around out there Gene, feel free to chime in.
Oh, wait... I forgot... Gene botched the paint job on his Thunderfighter.
Nevermind.
.....Oh, wait... I forgot... Gene botched the paint job on his Thunderfighter......Nevermind.
And PROUD of it!
Gene
Carson Dyle
Sr Member
You nailed it, dude. :thumbsup
This weekend I had lunch with a well known "old school" FX industry model maker, and he was pretty sure this was the exact brand and color used on the original FX miniatures.
I wasn't familiar with the FC, so I picked up a can to test it out for myself.
Bingo.
If Floquil Concrete wasn't used on the originals, the similarity is so close as to be virtually identical.
And, yeah, it's basically a creamy, yellowish tan.
JP05, you da Man.
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