Old Humbrol Paint

[Gondor]

I decided to compile a list of all the paint I have so that I can find which container the paint I want is in quickly rather than rummaging around for half an hour searching.

I do have a list of paint, an old Humbrol Color chart and of course there is the IPMS Stockholm site which has also been helpful in my collating my stock of paint.

However, and I am sure some other modellers out there have the same problem, some of the paint I have bought over the years is so old that its older than the references I am using and so is not in these references.

Of course I can provide very basic descriptions of the paint I am looking at, Brown, Green etc, however these descriptions are not accurate enough for me so I am looking to get a far better label for each of the paints I have that are so old they are missing.

OK... so what am I missing information on?

Gondor

Humbrol Enamels Number 6      Its a Brown and it has a gloss lid, other than that........ Nada

Humbrol Metal Cote                There is actually a label on the tin saying that it is Satin Gold, however I have no reference to that color nor does that name appear on the Stockholm site.

Does anyone have any useful information that will help?

[Pellson]

That no 6 - are you definitely and beyond all doubt certain that your problem can't be solved by just turning the can 180 degrees? Humbrol no 9 is gloss tan, or "holzbraun" (wooden brown) in german, also cross referenced to RAL 8003.

[PR19_Kit]

Metalcote Satin Gold was one of the first batch of Metalcotes, but they shrunk the range twice AFAIK.

I still had a tin of that stuff until about a month ago, but it had turned into a Satin Gold circular brick inside the tin....... 

[Gondor]

That no 6 - are you definitely and beyond all doubt certain that your problem can't be solved by just turning the can 180 degrees? Humbrol no 9 is gloss tan, or "holzbraun" (wooden brown) in german, also cross referenced to RAL 8003.

Looking at it again it might be seeing as there is a dot off to one side which would be at the bottom if the number is a 9. Only thing is I have no idea how long ago I got the tin, not this century anyway, nor how long it had been in the place I bought it from.
Its a very reasonable argument which I shall go along with so I shall call it Tan.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

That no 6 - are you definitely and beyond all doubt certain that your problem can't be solved by just turning the can 180 degrees? Humbrol no 9 is gloss tan, or "holzbraun" (wooden brown) in german, also cross referenced to RAL 8003.

My thought as well Alistair.

Still have loads of the old Humbrol Authentics where they were good enough to print the name on the tin - why on earth did they stop that ?? 

[PR19_Kit]

I used to keep all my Humbrol Authentics etc. in an old drawer from my Nanna's bureau, and it was large enough to hold about 70 tins!

Over time the paper labels got worn so I used to paint the well in the lid of the tin in the colour of the paint that the tin contained. One day my daughter, she who some of you have met (Did you know she's the Best Air Traffic Controller in the RAF?) decided to help me out and paint the lids of the rest of them, which was all very helpfull except she could only get one of the tins open.......

You can guess the result when she came to me with a big smile on her face and said 'I did paint all the little tin lids for you Daddy!' so I went and looked to be faced with 70 odd Humbrol tins, every one of which had a RED lid!  

[NARSES2]

You know that will be mentioned next time she turns up at a show don't you ?

[Gondor]

I still use some of my Humbrol Authentic's, very useful I find for some shades of grey at the moment although I have yet to start cataloging my Humbrol Authentic's, Xtracolor, Revell et all

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

You know that will be mentioned next time she turns up at a show don't you ?

Naturally....... 

[Aircav]

I did have a thought the other day, what about a build where you build say a Revell kit and use Humbrol paint numbers or a Airfix kit and use Revell paint numbers, could get some very funny colour schemes. 
ps, still got some unopened Airfix tins.....

[Gondor]

ps, still got some unopened Airfix tins.....

I remember buying their little glass jars

Gondor

[Howard of Effingham]

I used to keep all my Humbrol Authentics etc. in an old drawer from my Nanna's bureau, and it was large enough to hold about 70 tins!

an accident with RED paint happened here. 

did daddy say any naughty words here?

nice story kit. thank-you for telling.

[PR19_Kit]

It was such a long time ago, the girlie concerned was about 4 or 5 at the time, that I can't remember, but I expect a few short sharp words were muttered.

I STILL have some of the red lidded tins, and the only way I know what's in them is to prose open the tops!

[TallEng]

"and the only way I know what's in them is to prose open the tops!"

Its So much nicer to prose open tops, much more poetic than prising.....

Regards
Keith (Born in Stratford-upon-Avon)

[NARSES2]

ps, still got some unopened Airfix tins.....

I remember buying their little glass jars

Gondor

Me as well

"and the only way I know what's in them is to prose open the tops!"

Its So much nicer to prose open tops, much more poetic than prising.....

Regards
Keith (Born in Stratford-upon-Avon)

Much more refined class of whiffer here