Finally found M17 Field Gray!

[boba87fett]

Hey everyone,

I had to make a thread because I am super stoked!

I finally found a vintage Floquil M17 Field Gray! Should be here in a week. Will swatch it out asap.

I am excited about the rest of the lot as well. Lots of vintage Humbrols… maybe even the gauntlet and jetpack green??

Plus the vintage epoxy and other stuff to check out.

More to follow!

-Steven

 

[Minute]

The epoxy orange looks exactly like the stuff used to fill in the gaps around the rim of the esb helmet

 

[Jango_fett_jr]

Nice haul. Hope you have a good exhaust fan!

 

[ShortFuse]

Score!

 

[intwenothor]

finally

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Hahahaha "finally". I wish I'd managed it so quickly.

Good for you, dude.

 

[KaanE]

Are you sending a swatch to Archive X for replication?

 

[boba87fett]

Alright so I’ve been working on making this paint useable. Cut some chunks out of the original jar and added them to another jar then added some thinner. have spent quite a bit of time trying to get it usable, but still have hundreds of small grainules that won’t break down. I was able to do a down a dirty swatch with a brush - this is it dry compared to the custom blend AX green on my helmet.

I’m going to try and use a filter needle to draw out the liquid paint while leaving the chunks and grains behind.

 

[ShortFuse]

Looks pretty close.

 

[intwenothor]

What are you thinning it with?

 

[KaanE]

Thinner.

 

[intwenothor]

Yes. Very droll.

 

[boba87fett]

What are you thinning it with?

 

[intwenothor]

You need a cellulose thinner that contains xylene or toluene. Nasty stuff. Be careful.

 

[DWoelf]

I dunno what the formula is, but I've found testors enamel thinner to work fairly well. Humbrol...not so much. Have tried a few others as well, including the one pictured. Again...I have no idea what's in the testors, but worked for me ...just my 2 cents

 

[Jurassic_Fett]

Most impressive! After the weathering goes on, I think that'll be a winner!

 

[boba87fett]

You need a cellulose thinner that contains xylene or toluene. Nasty stuff. Be careful.

Alright, I ordered vintage Dio-Sol with xylene in it

 

[intwenothor]

This is an M17 chip next to the EFX thing.

 

[ShortFuse]

EFX “thing”.

I don’t know if you meant that to be funny, but it was to me.

 

[Jurassic_Fett]

Lovely. Time for some weathering tests on that swatch!

 

[TK3927]

So I am newbie to this forum. I started my build officially this week. Ive had a bucket done for over 2 years now, but I am finally at a point where I can start the armor. All other stuff is on order. Is there a list of the paint I need? I tried a search and get so many different versions. Is there not a "master list" of the pain that is acceptable to use? Thanks in advance. RW