Revell B-17G 1/48, which exact paint colors are recommended?

And just to go back to the beginning, there is no good reason to ever follow the paint guide in a kit. In the case of Revell, their paints beyond black, white and silver don't match much in reality. Trumpeters are always flawed.

If I was ever to trust the paint callout in any kit, it would be a RAF subject via Humbrol.

But even then, no real reason not to do the research online.

Another couple of options would be Alclad, or bare metal foil.

Reaper420

I used Tamiya AS12 bare metal silver for the outside of mine. You can see it in my thread. I did go over it with flat clear at the end to tone it down, I didn't want that much shine, but it would be perfect for the finish you want

Dutch-modeler

 

 

the Baron

For the olive drab-over-grey camo scheme on a subject like this old Monogram kit, I use Tamiya's rattlecan AS-6 USAAF Olive Drab, or their XF-62 Olive Drab, applied with the airbrush.  For me, these are a starting point, a base color, over which I will apply weathering, including fading.  So I'm not as worried as some might be, that the paint is an exact match right out of the can or jar.

For the underside, I use Tamiya's rattlecan AS-7 Neutral Gray, or XF-20 Medium Gray, again, applied with the airbrush.

Hope that helps!

 

 

 

 

thanks for your help, I will paint the fuselage polished aluminium paint. I already found 2 paints for the job. These cost around 5/6 Euro each but it will be worth the end result!

I want it to shine just as the one on this photo 

Metal aluminium colors

-Black base 471

-polished aluminium 481

https://ak-interactive.com/product-category/paints/paints-xtreme-metal/?orderby=sku-asc

 

I used Tamiya AS12 bare metal silver for the outside of mine. You can see it in my thread. I did go over it with flat clear at the end to tone it down, I didn't want that much shine, but it would be perfect for the finish you want.

my goal is to achieve results like these I found on the internet, at least that is my goal...

the Baron

For the olive drab-over-grey camo scheme on a subject like this old Monogram kit, I use Tamiya's rattlecan AS-6 USAAF Olive Drab, or their XF-62 Olive Drab, applied with the airbrush.  For me, these are a starting point, a base color, over which I will apply weathering, including fading.  So I'm not as worried as some might be, that the paint is an exact match right out of the can or jar.

For the underside, I use Tamiya's rattlecan AS-7 Neutral Gray, or XF-20 Medium Gray, again, applied with the airbrush.

Hope that helps!

 

thanks for your help, I will paint the fuselage polished aluminium paint. I already found 2 paints for the job. These cost around 5/6 Euro each but it will be worth the end result!

I want it to shine just as the one on this photo 

Metal aluminium colors

-Black base 471

-polished aluminium 481

https://ak-interactive.com/product-category/paints/paints-xtreme-metal/?orderby=sku-asc

For the olive drab-over-grey camo scheme on a subject like this old Monogram kit, I use Tamiya's rattlecan AS-6 USAAF Olive Drab, or their XF-62 Olive Drab, applied with the airbrush.  For me, these are a starting point, a base color, over which I will apply weathering, including fading.  So I'm not as worried as some might be, that the paint is an exact match right out of the can or jar.

For the underside, I use Tamiya's rattlecan AS-7 Neutral Gray, or XF-20 Medium Gray, again, applied with the airbrush.

Hope that helps!