Page 1 of 1

Actual colours to use for box art Optima and Turbo Optima

Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:22 pm
by mtbkym01
Tried a search but no luck. Looking for the actual paint colours (or very close alternatives) to paint up an Optima and Turbo Optima, both in box art. I guess what blue and yellow for the Optima (white is easy 8) ) and the red/orange for the Turbo. Thanks in advance.

Re: Actual colours to use for box art Optima and Turbo Optim

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:56 pm
by mtbkym01
What about even in Tamiya Colours, as close as possible

Re: Actual colours to use for box art Optima and Turbo Optim

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:06 am
by keithrc
I remember seeing something about this on a forum somewhere awhile back, they were talking about the Pactra or Polyca paints. I'll see if I can find it again.

Edit: here you go, http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47058

Hope that helps. Alternatively you could try asking Jon Miller what he uses, he's painted at least two box art Optima bodies that I'm aware of including my own and they both came out really nice.


Keith :wink:

Re: Actual colours to use for box art Optima and Turbo Optim

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:15 am
by mtbkym01
keithrc wrote:I remember seeing something about this on a forum somewhere awhile back, they were talking about the Pactra or Polyca paints. I'll see if I can find it again.

Edit: here you go, http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47058

Hope that helps. Alternatively you could try asking Jon Miller what he uses, he's painted at least two box art Optima bodies that I'm aware of including my own and they both came out really nice.


Keith :wink:
Excellent, thanks 8)

Edit- Now this is a bit embarrassing, I actually have a post in that thread, didn't recall that they were discussing alternative colours. :oops:

Re: Actual colours to use for box art Optima and Turbo Optim

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:44 am
by j0pp3
Ahh, I remember the POLYCA colors. You can see some of them here. The black, white, red where probably the box art colors.

Image