Eagle editon RLM chips. Comparison between Gunze acrylics and Tamiya mixes..

These pictures are taken in daylight and in raw format. Remember that it is useless to judge a color if your monitor is not calibrated correctly. I use a Spyder 3 Express to calibrate my monitor.


RLM 02

Gunze H70 is to light but perfect for 1:72 scale. This will probably look quite right after a wash. A very good starting point.


Tamiya XF22:1+ XF49:1 Is to brown and dark for any scale and useless in this form.


RLM 66

Gunze H416 is to light but perfect for 1:72 scale. This will probably look quite right after a wash or just add som black. A very good starting point.


Tamiya XF69:25 + XF2:1 is to dark but it's easy to lighten up the mix with a little more white.

RLM 74

Gunze's H68 RLM74 lack the green-gray tone and do not match at all.

Tamiya XF61 is a better match but a little too dark for the smaller scales. If you make the XF61 brighter with white it will probably also get a little grayer which is good.

RLM 75

Gunze's H69 RLM75 is a good match for 1:72 scale but needs to be darken for larger scales.

Tamiya mix of: XF54:15 + XF51: 8 + XF1: 3 is also a good match though somewhat too dark.

RLM 76

Eagle edition RLM 76 has a slight green tint entirely absent in Gunze 417. 

Tamiya XF23 mix of: 20 + XF25: 10 + XF3: 1 + XF2: 40 is a better match but slightly to green and dark, maybe it needs a little more white in the mix. The green tone seems a bit strong on the screen but is more subtle in real life. This makes me wonder if the mythical RLM 84 is just a varaition of RLM 76 due to lack of raw material to obtain the correct mixture but we must wait until a real scientist makes a pigment analysis similar to that made ​​to the royal warship Vasa's colours until we know for sure.