French "Air Superiority Blue" scheme

[rickshaw]

French "Air Superiority Blue" scheme.  Does anybody know what the actual colour of the air superiority blue on the upper surfaces is in either the Humbrol or Tamiya ranges?

[Mossie]

IPMS Stockholm mentions Humbrol 79 or 144.  H79 is more grey, H144 more blue.  I've checked a few pics & I'd lean towards H79, although in brighter light it seems to show up more like H144.

[rickshaw]

Thanks.  Its a very odd colour.  The old Heller kit I'm building uses Heller paint references.  The only conversion chart I've found which has them and Tamiya and Humbrol is this one - http://www.paint4models.com/.

It comes up with Tamiya XF54 and Humbrol 140 to match the Heller 7001 - "Admiralty Blue" which is what the instructions suggest.  Problem is that seems to suggest a more grey colour than blue.

I fear I'm going to have to mix my own.  I hate doing that 'cause I can never seem to get the exact same shade twice.