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                        Name those colors: Pave Hawk Edition

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Name those colors: Pave Hawk Edition
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:09 AM
                        Anyone want to take an educated guess as to what these three colors used on the below Pave Hawks are?





                        I know the lighting's different - but does anyone think that the darkest and lighest browns are similar to what Israel is finishing their AH-64D:
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        HeavyArty
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:21 AM
                        Looks like sand, chocolate brown, and khaki green to me, same as in 3-color DCUs. Don't know FS#s though. IDF AH-64D looks to have same sand and brown colors too. This helo color scheme has interested me for a while. I may just have to do my 1/35 Academy one up as one of these. These are the same ones you have on the decal file you sent me, right?

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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:12 PM
                        Hmmm... I sent that file a while back so I honestly don't remember. I'll have to look it up but I doubt it. I've posted this question over on ARC and I searched HeliKit News before posting and there's a Pave hawk FE who posted about this topic a while back so I've shot him an e-mail about this.

                        You're the second person who's referenced the DCUs, but I don't see any hint of green here like I do on the uniforms.
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                        grandadjohn
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                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:41 PM
                        I didn't see any green either
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                        HeavyArty
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:58 PM
                        It is a very light khaki green. I see it on the side view photo on the pilots and cabin door, forward of the flag and around the crew chief/gunner's window. It looks more muted and faded out than on new DCUs, but close to how older, faded DCUs look.

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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:23 PM
                        Okay, I can kinda see that now. It's very subtle.
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                        grandadjohn
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                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:10 PM
                        Found it too, it is very subtle
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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:00 PM
                        Okay, heard back from a former HH-60G FE:

                        Sorry but I have no idea what the FS numbers are. From what I understand the unit that painted them used any paint they could get a hold of. Before I retired I went to the paint barn and looked through their TO to see if there was a Desert scheme but there wasn’t, just Euro 1 and Grey.
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                        HeavyArty
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                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:13 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74

                        Okay, heard back from a former HH-60G FE:

                        Sorry but I have no idea what the FS numbers are. From what I understand the unit that painted them used any paint they could get a hold of. Before I retired I went to the paint barn and looked through their TO to see if there was a Desert scheme but there wasn’t, just Euro 1 and Grey.


                        Grumble, groan, growl. Dammit, the quest continues. I think the same colors as used on the DCUs, lightened a couple shades would work. May just end up being what I use if I decide on this scheme.

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