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RAF grey/green late 80's wrapround camo.....

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Army of One

December 07, 2009, 02:40:08 PM
..........what colours?? I have looked up n found Urbans colour charts.....my fave paints are Tamiya acrylics..the chart says dk green is XF27 n the colour seems fine.....it states that the dark sea grey is XF24....this seems to dark n I think XF53 neutral grey is closer....I call on peoples experience n views on what they think is appropriate......53 def seems to dark..........many thanks for any help given.....H
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Jschmus

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December 08, 2009, 05:22:58 AM
I don't know about the Dark Green, but Tamiya Dark Sea Grey is XF-54.
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Taiidantomcat

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December 08, 2009, 08:26:15 AM
It would seem that the official color is MEDIUM sea gray, which may be why it seems dark  :cheers:



more here:
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/victorjf_1.htm

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andrewj

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December 08, 2009, 08:34:30 AM Last Edit: December 08, 2009, 10:45:44 AM by andrewj
Medium Sea Grey was only used on the uppersurfaces of the V-Bombers, Phantoms, Buccaneers, Jaguars ,Harriers And Hunters carried Dark Sea Grey/Green. Medium Sea Grey was also used as the Undersurface colour on these jets before the wrap-round colours were adopted. Sorry ,just realised my mistake, undersides were Light aircraft grey not MSG.

nev

#4
December 08, 2009, 08:57:53 AM
And then of course there were the occasions that Extra Dark Sea Grey was used like on Vulcans for the Black Buck raids....
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Ian the Kiwi Herder

#5
December 08, 2009, 12:13:15 PM
I have never used Tamiya's Dk Grn or Dk Grey for any RAF model, not because they are 'wrong' but quite simply because Humbrol 163 & 164 are perfect as are the Xtracolour & WEM equivelents, and most importantly for me..... they're enamels, and I have always preferred enamels.

Best not get into fading and weathering here, best place for that contentious topic is in the 'Techniques' section.

Ian

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Army of One

#6
December 08, 2009, 02:48:04 PM
Well.....some food for thought there...many thanks for the replies.. :bow:.....and as this is a what if site......................
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Army of One

#7
December 11, 2009, 03:30:51 AM
Ian........what is your prefered addative to thin enamels for use in an airbrush......feel like trying out the one SWMBO'd bought me for my birthday....got a stash of enamels....might as well use em.... :thumbsup:
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Ian the Kiwi Herder

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December 14, 2009, 10:07:49 AM
PM on the way

Ian
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