Paint recipe quantity card · Free · No account
Paint mixing ratios in millilitres or grams, and scale print percentages.
Type the parts of each paint in your recipe and one amount, either the total or one paint, and this card works out every quantity in ml or g. A scale mode gives the print percentage between two scales: 1:72 artwork prints at 150% for 1:48. The PDF is free.
- A4 and US Letter
- Prints at actual size
- Goes with The Scale Model Build Record
- List the paintsChoose 2 to 8 components, name each one and type its parts, such as 3, 2 and 1.
- Set the amountType the total you want to mix, or the amount of one component, in grams or millilitres.
- Print the cardDownload a sheet of four recipe cards, yours first with parts, shares and amounts, or switch to scale mode for a percentage table.
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- What it works out
- It calculates each component’s amount from its parts and one amount, and print percentages between scales.
- Using the result
- Enter the paints in your recipe. Measure quantities in grams or millilitres.
- Calculation
- Amount is total times parts over the sum of parts; print percentage is 100 times source over target scale.
- A guide
- Measure with your scales or measuring tools, then test the mix.
Questions
How are the quantities worked out?
Each amount is the total times its parts divided by the sum of the parts. A 3:2:1 recipe at 12 g gives 6 g, 4 g and 2 g.
Are the amounts exact?
Amounts are shown to 0.01 ml or g. How close your mix comes depends on your scales, syringe or measuring cup.
Why are there no drops?
Drop size changes with the bottle, the paint and the angle, so the card uses millilitres or grams only.
How is the scale print percentage worked out?
It is 100 times the source scale number divided by the target scale number. From 1:72 to 1:48 is 100 times 72 over 48, or 150%.
Should the card be printed at actual size?
No. The figures are text, so any scale reads correctly. Print at 100% for the type sizes drawn.
Related Due Form edition
DF.029 The Scale Model Build Record
In production
A project record for documenting a scale model from kit and references through construction, finish and final archive.
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