What color is Mr. Hobby H24 (SKY)?

This is interesting as it seems to get asked alot.  On the Trumpeter instructions they give you two choices if I'm not mistaken...HXXX in a white box and CXXX in a black box and they label it "Mr. Hobby."  This is how Hobby Boss labels it and I'm fairly certain HB is a subsidiary of Trumpeter which means the instruction sheets are probably similar.

Well, there is the Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color range of paint which is water based and the Mr. Color range of paint which is solvent based.  The "H" boxed numbers are the AHC paint codes and the black boxed numbers are the Mr. Color paint codes.  So you might see a H308 in a white box and a C308 in a black box (this is light ghost grey).  There isn't really a "Mr. Hobby" range of paints.  Mr. Hobby is the company behind both products I believe.

The color codes don't always match up, either.  When they created the Mr. Color range they eliminated some of the colors from the AHC range.  So H24 in AHC might be a different number or it might not exists in the Mr. Color range.

The AHC range of paints either aren't being made anymore or they aren't being shipped out of Japan anymore.  You can't find any new bottles in North America and it very hard to find them anywhere else even in Asia.  This is a shame because they were the best paints by a mile in my opinion.

I know this doesn't exactly answer your question but it might help to clear things up a little.

Fly-n-hi:  thanks, this is clarifying info.  So following this code I am looking for a color called Mr. Color C24, because it is in a black box in the instructions. The solvent based paints indicate that is the orange/yellow, which I just can't belive is the actual color if the WWII aircraft interior.  So I will probably just follow my own instincts and make it green or OD.  Seems pretty odd for an orange/yellow color to be the right one, and even odder to call that color "sky".  But thanks for the clarification!

cheers, Bob

Looking at the instructions, the white box for the Aqueous Hobby Color (H) number is actually empty, indicating that there is no AHC equivalent. There is no C24 in the Mr Color range. I believe what they are actually suggesting is CG24, a (now discontinued?) pale green colour from their Gundam color range.

Phil:  OK, thanks.  That at least is plausible!  I am going to do some research on photos of the interior of these airplanes and see.  My MIL was a flight nurse on one in WWII; I'll ask her and see if she remembers.

thanks, Bob

you can't use the "H24 is the same as C24" idea with those paints

that is true for the colors that start at number 301 or so,,,,,,,,but, before that, look at this Phantom color list, you will see that there is a large difference in the two ranges' numbering system

www.1999.co.jp/.../1

I don't mean this as an insult but the Chinese companies are known for issuing instruction sheets that are full of errors.  Their Japanese and English to Chinese interpretations are terrible.

Yeah, the instructions aren't the best.  

Gunze Aqueous are still being made, just not distributed in the States.

All that aside, the interior of a WWII C-47 should be Interior Green. Not Sky, not RAF Gray Green, or any other color. Most model paint companies make this color in their product lines.

Roger that.  That is what makes the most sense.  Thanks!

cheers, Bob

Lets just say that trumpeters painting instructions MUST be taken with a grain of salt. And with the internet at our fingertips, a quick websearch will often reveal teh correct information.

I am building the same model, and have the same question.  I will use green.  Where did you find pictures of the interior?  A freind of mine flew a C53 on D-Day and I am trying to build his ship.  I know the tail number, but can't find any pictures.

Thank you

Lad  (old Fart)

Try Google Search, then highlight "images"  

here is how mine came out.  No invasion stripes; it was in the US only.

https://flic.kr/p/y2qoC1

cheers, Bob