Theres this mix, based on Humbrol colours :-

Matt Forest Green 150 (32 drops), Matt Scarlet 60 (7 drops), Matt Blue 25 (6 drops), Matt White 34 (3 drops).

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Thanks, Kevin. I guess great minds think alike.

Fortunately, I've been able to keep these pics hosted for a little while longer... three views, same gun...







Like BB, it looks so different depending on lighting and background conditions.

stonedog7563: I had forgotten that you had received one of those ammo boxes. Thanks so much for the side-by-side. Separate digi pics and scanned color swatches are often difficult to trust.

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Tom

I tried that a while ago - it was way too green. I'll see if I can find the mixed paint and do a side by side with real BB.

Brown bess on the right - left is the mix of forest green, scarlett, blue and white.



Like I said, way too much green. Which is a shame because I'm down to my last few drops of BB. I had just enough for this:



and a bit left over for some colour matching swatches.

The forest green (etc) mix is almost exactly the same colour as the Aoshima 1/72nd scale DS and APC though



The Aoshima is slightly glossier so the APC looks lighter under the camera flash but visually it's almost a perfect match - just not the same as BB.

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Jon

theres a humbrol color 186 mat brown, is this close to brown bess at all? i ask as i remember seeing some online site that was selling
"humbrol 186 matt brown bess" (but i know brown bess was 170)

Someone here tried it but, apparently it was way tooooo brown.

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