Finally, Camo-tint Pink on the Spitfire PR.IG!

I finally got the guts and gumption to take on the tedious work of pre-shading and custom mixing the Camo-tint pink. For those who know me, know that I can't see color gradations too well. Fifteen years ago I failed three FAA color exams and passed on my last one and received a hard fought "defective color vision" waiver.

I originally started mixing the pink by taking a 1/2ish bottle of Model Master Acryl Flat White and began adding drops of MM Guards Red. Before I knew it, I had a hardcore pink. I should have had the wife present for this. Of course I used up all the flat white I had and had to acquire more.

The next time, the wife was present and I poured about a 1/3 -1/2 of a bottle of white into a clean jar, and slowly began to add the "hardcore pink" by the drops. Where we eventually stopped was a color that looks white to me, but I'm also told is a very faint pink, which is what we were after. I can see the pinkish hue when it is on a white object, I'll show an example below. On occasion I see the pink when the light is just right.

I took on the laborious task of spraying flat white inside the panels.

After that was done I used the hardcore pink to shade the panel lines. It went: spray a couple of lines, clean the needle tip. Spray a couple of lines, clean the needle tip, and so on.

I have a ceramic white tile for mixing paint and brush painting. You can see the difference with the camo-tint pink that we settled on against the white tile.

All the little bits get some pinkish hue.

Here it is, the pink Spitfire! I went back and touched up some areas after a few days of looking at it.

Not only was this a difficult color to mix but it was just as difficult to spray for me. I couldn't really see it going down. The best indicator I had was if it looked wet or not. I tried to keep the pre-shading work visible as well, but I really don't think it worked out that way.

Even Thing Two said, "it looks kind of pink". That's what I'm looking for. Thanks for stopping by!