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Heller Paints ?
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 12:31 AM UTC


They are showing only 8 different colors for the whole ship, 27,73,85,127,24,34,19,12, so if somebody could tell me where I can find the cross over from Heller to Tamiya, or MM would be easy to get hold of, cause I don't know if I can get these paints, so if you can I'd really appreciate it.

Kerry
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:27 AM UTC
Hi,
I think, Heller = Humbrol ? You can cross from Humbrol to Tamiya
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:47 AM UTC
hi Kerry,
The following link will help you to convert Heller to MM or Tamiya
Heller

Cross Paint Charts in the link can help you too.
Color Chart
Happy new year (:-)
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 02:58 AM UTC
Those don't sound like Heller colours, they used a 4 digit number beginning with either 70.. or 90.. (See IMPS Stockholm's colour chart ) These sound more like Humbrol colours.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 03:24 AM UTC
Hi Kerry!

The paint numbers are for Humbrol Colours.
As Rudy (Tarok) so well mentioned, Heller Paints (until the late 70's, now discontinued) used four digits, beeing the 70XX the matt colours and the 9XXX the Glossy ones...

With the thread links it should be easy, now

Skipper

PS: remember that today the Humbrol + Heller + Airfix belong to the same group/holding
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