Bell X-1

Björn Leichsenring
Very nice. Which orange did you use?

Choppa Nutta
Cool 🙂

MoJo
wow 👍

Nathan Camarillo
Thanks! Tamiya x-6 orange, x-27 clear red in an 8:1 ratio. Then I added 1 to 2 parts gloss white for the top sides to soften it a bit for scale. Also I primed in vallejo white surface primer which is essential for this color. If I had it to do again, I would have masked off the USAF decal placements because they are more translucent than I expected.

Peter Jenssen
Good work!
I'm looking at what to do for the orange colour as well.
The lighter orange looks great scale-colour wise. Through the pictures I have found, the colour varies a lot.
From nearly red in some indoor shots to mango-yellow in older outdoor (full sunlight) shots.
Very tricky colour indeed.
Looks great!

Nathan Camarillo
Yeah accurate reproduction is tough. It would be great if there were a trusted index for colors.
A lot of the original photos are aged with old film and equipment and inaccurate color reproduction. The smithsonian tourist photos are with crappy cameras and often not white balanced. I'm not going to take a trip to D.C. to get photos I trust for a $10 kit at a model show, so I just go with what feels right🙂 I can't be that far off😢 it's for fun!

Peter Jenssen
True, even checking the original plane can have its pitfalls. Original paints age, restorers use different paint, etc. Not easy.
Even pictures taken from the same hall in the Smithsonian look very different from one to the next.
For mine, I will perhaps use a darker orange, lightly faded on the top.
Hopefully it will turn out ok..

Nathan Camarillo
Hehe yeah and the iPhone takes terrible color. Try the mix I used above (it's from the tamiya manual) and see how it looks. It's pretty solid

Gerald
Very Nice 👍

Spanjaard
well done.