French aircraft NMF or not ?

[thedarkmaster]

So does anyone know are post war French aircraft actually NMF or is it paint, and if so what actual colour is it ?
I'm looking at the " silver " undearsurfaces of French aircraft most of all.

[oliv30330]

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[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Good question !

When I've built AdA aircraft of that period, I have usually ducked-the-problem and gone for later machines with camouflage and light grey undersides, however if you are looking at the early jet period (MIV's SM B2's, early MIIIC's etc), then they are unpainted. However unlike USAF machines of the 1950's they never seemed to be 'shiny' they appear to emerge from the factory already oxidised.

As a modeller, I would use Alclad lacquers combined with Tamiya acryllics to reproduce this type of finish, once decalled and weathered, I would airbrush two coats of matt varnish to eliminate any reflectivity and even-out the tones.

HTH

Ian

[nev]

Good question.  In the case of French Canberra's, I would assume that they would be painted silver, just as RAF aircraft were.

As for Mirages and the like.....dunno.