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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Are Akan paints available in the US?
Viper_msk
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Moscow City, Russia
Joined: February 14, 2015
KitMaker: 53 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 08, 2016 - 12:33 AM UTC
Gentlemen, I have seen lately (not only here, but in other forums as well) a lot of questions about the correct tones of Soviet AFVs + about getting the right color tone of German paints (e.g. Dunkelgelb, Rotbraun, etc.) by mixing Tamiya / Vallejo colors.

Of course, AK / AMMO paints are great, but sometimes they don't provide the correct colors (e.g. their "4BO" is not precisely what a 4BO should be). Thus, I was just wondering if Akan paints are available in the US?

If they were, it could save huge amount of time and effort on trying to get the best color match - in my experience, Akan has the best color range in terms of how precisely they fit the real colors...
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: September 16, 2004
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Posted: Monday, February 08, 2016 - 01:19 AM UTC
You might try Linden Hill. They carry lots of stuff from Eastern Europe.
MAD_DUCK
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Alabama, United States
Joined: March 05, 2002
KitMaker: 434 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 08, 2016 - 01:36 AM UTC
I second Liden Hill, I ordered so Akan paints for the SU-33 I'm building. The serivec was fast and ordering form them was not an issue.
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