1/72 hasegawa vf-19 25th anniversary help needed

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hi all recently won 2 of these on ebay cheap and im stuck on the paint charts a it gives gsi colours(mr hobby) . I have most of them but I can not find 163marine blue micro anywhere??? ive looked at mr hobby site and not very helpful even looked at places like hlj and lucky model..

so if anyone knows where/ what colour this is be great......

[NZEOD]

http://scalemodeldb.com/paintcharts/vallejo

helpful chart

What model is it on and where on the model? There will be a substitute colour. Guessing its an out of production colour.

Edited August 11, 2015 by NZEOD

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hi nzeod its the hasegawa vf-19 25th anniversary kit, the scheme is all one colour and has it listed as 169????? did try match but not very well as it seem to be a very dark blue !!!!! I do have vf-1 also as believe they only did these two on the special edition but that one seems to be a metallic blue??

[valkyriepm]

I have that model also. I believe the color is kind of a dark metallic purple, but I wasn't able to find a right one yet. The VF-1 is indeed a metallic blue. I used Tamiya's X-13. Hope it helps!

Martin

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thanks martin, yeah for the vf-1 I git the mr hobby metallic blue as looks better than the Tamiya one and got admit do like mr hobby paints....

but the vf-19 is a pain as I did think was a metallic purple but looking its more a blue???

[NZEOD]

I thought both the VF-1 and VF-19 are meant to be the same colours, the Purple/Blue with the gold highlights?

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I did think that at first look but the vf-1 seems to be a metallic blue, and the other the illusive blue/purple lol

[Model-Junkie]

Yamato had the 25th Anniversary VF-1S & YF-19 in the same colors but Hasegawa had them different

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strange how different company's do the same subjects but in different colours lol...

lucky I managed to get both hasegawa kits and some other macros bits on ebay cheap and even better were in the uk!!!!!... I just need the vf-19 colour as its a strange one

[Model-Junkie]

From what I can find, the paint only comes in a spray can and I can only find mention of it in Korean websites.

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thanks for the info!!!!! bummer that's going be hard to get... I even looked at the mr hobby website and nothing lol..

will have try find a match by sight. I do have two but not sure if to do the other incase there a collectors item

[Model-Junkie]

Its hard to compare colors on a computer screen but the metallic blue in the color chart I posted looks similar to their mica blue. The metallic also comes in the paint jars too. You can always test the colors on a scrap model or plastic to get a feel.

The YF-19 and VF-1S models are readily available, its only the 25th anniversary decal that is somewhat harder to come by. None of the Hasegawa models have become collectors items though a few Macross Zero models were selling for higher prices a couple of years ago. If you're not satisfied with the paint before the decaling stage you could either strip the paint or obtain another YF-19 model to use the decals on.

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I did pick up the metallic blue just the other day and is bit to light, but Vallejo now do a metallic medium that you can add to most paints to get the metallic look so may try that route if have to ,,, a pain but all part of the fun I spose lol.... I did pick up a nice dark metallic purple so may use that instead as don't have to be exact. but not sure if to do it wheels down or inflight flying straight up????

thanks for the help model-junkie.