Andrew Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hi, I've been a long time watcher of some of the threads but never posted anything. I've got a bunch of Macross Zero Kits that I just took out from storage and want to build up. One of them is the VF-0D. Anyway, I've got a VF-0D kit and was taking a look through the instructions and noticed the colour mix used for the upper surface blue. Has anyone actually built this and painted it properly? I'm most interested in what colour to use in Acrylic for 'Air Superiority Blue' that it asks u to mix with. Any ideas/suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mano_l Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hello, This is my VF-0D direct build with used the color as an instruction http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v627/man...nt=IMGP1627.jpg I have finish the paint before complete the construction even in the cockpit, It's more easier than complete construction before building PS. Sorry for my poor language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetarB Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Here's my build-up. I used a mix of Tamiya colours for the blue - medium blue, blue and white. Sorry, I can't remember the ratios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hello, This is my VF-0D direct build with used the color as an instruction http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v627/man...nt=IMGP1627.jpg I have finish the paint before complete the construction even in the cockpit, It's more easier than complete construction before building PS. Sorry for my poor language. Thats a pretty bright blue. What did you use for the 40% Air Superioirty Blue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Here's my build-up. I used a mix of Tamiya colours for the blue - medium blue, blue and white. Sorry, I can't remember the ratios. Is that a metallic grey you used for the gun? Looks pretty neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokefiend Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cokefiend/227...57600785696590/ Here's mine, not much to say except it needs a better photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excillon Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I remember Rockhound built one of these in the build/custom thread and he got a really great shade of blue. Search that thread and you'll find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cokefiend/227...57600785696590/ Here's mine, not much to say except it needs a better photo. Thats looks great! fantastic stand too! What blue did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Well if you don't want to do Blue, you can always give it a VF-1D paint scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetarB Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Wow, I like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mano_l Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thats a pretty bright blue. What did you use for the 40% Air Superioirty Blue? The cobalt blue is very more bright, then the instruction use the air superiorty blue to make it darken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Air superiority blue is a fairly light blue, with a little grey in it. See the little image attached. The only manufacturer I found that actually sells air superiority blue is Life Color... but their paints are often pretty awful (I've gotten several paints from them that were completely dried out). I got a fairly close approximation of this colour by taking Dark Ghost Grey (FS36320) and tinting it with a very small amount of light blue until it matched. Once you've got that mix, you can combine it with cobalt blue normally. Edited April 28, 2009 by Penguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Wow, I like that! Thank you!! This one is assigned to the U.N. NAVY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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