Cream (RAL 9001)

What the color represents

Cream is a creamy white, that is, a white with a warm cast toward yellow. The number RAL 9001 comes from the German standard reference of shades and defines the tone more unambiguously than a verbal name: creamy whites exist in numbers and the differences between them show clearly on a model. A warm white suits anywhere a pure white finish would look unnaturally cold, from machines and vehicles with a cream finish to interior surfaces and the structural elements of dioramas.

Thinning and application

Stir the contents of the bottle well before every use, settled pigment will otherwise shift both the tone and the coverage. The thinner intended for this range and the thinning ratio are stated by the manufacturer on the packaging; follow those instructions, and go by them when cleaning brushes and the airbrush as well. Apply the paint in several thin coats and let the surface flash off between them. With light shades that goes double, because a single heavy coat fills the panel lines before the area covers.

Work tips

• a light paint covers worse than a dark one, so count on more coats
• unify the substrate with a primer, otherwise the color of the plastic and the fillers show through
• a white finish easily gives away every unsanded seam, so look the surface over against the light beforehand
• let the finished coat cure properly and only then lay tape on it
• wipe the dried rim of the bottle, otherwise the cap will not seat and the paint will dry out

Who it is for

For builders who choose a shade by a number from a standard rather than by eye. It will serve on vehicles and on civilian subjects and in a diorama on plasterwork and wooden structures.

Terms of supply

The paint is supplied on its own. Thinner, brushes and the model are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.