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Posted by Rory T on Saturday, February 28, 2015 5:14 PM
Thanks to all for your posts, optained some good info from your posts. I have ordered vallejo color kit for ww11 allied and RAF colors for ww11. Hopefully this will give me a good start on my color library for this era of models. I also bought a BF109g-10 so I will have to see what color I need for the German side of this hobby, Tanks again Rory
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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, February 28, 2015 3:32 PM

Yes sir, thats the one!

 

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Posted by Pawel on Saturday, February 28, 2015 1:24 PM

So that would be the Humbrol 78 - I've had this problem myself like a year ago.

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, February 28, 2015 1:16 PM

Ok, now that I have a real computer instead of my phone, I looked up color H on the Revell 1/32 Mosquito instructions. It is indeed RAF Grey Green AKA RAF Cockpit Green. Start looking for the appropriate shade in your preferred paint line.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by mrmike on Saturday, February 28, 2015 1:06 PM

A helpful reference for converting Revell #'s to other brands can be found on the Revell of Germany  site:

TES_Revell_Paint_Match_Guide.pdf

It's a two page download that gives you a match to Model Master & Polly Scale, which is a good start. The IPMS Stockholm website is another good source for color matching by country and time period. Hope this helps you!

Mike

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, February 28, 2015 12:43 PM

If it is the primary base color in the cockpit, that is Grey Green, the standard RAF/FAA color used in WWII aircraft of theirs. Tamiya's Cockpit Green XF-71 is a good substitute. Or Model Master, Humbrol, and several other companies make the proper shade in their paint lines. Heck, the old Testors square bottle OD Green (NOT Olive Drab though) is pretty close. Tone it down with some white and you're there.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by Rory T on Friday, February 27, 2015 7:49 PM

Hello stikpusher, Sorry about that H is a interior color consisting of 33%yellow matt 33%sea green matt and 34%stone gray matt. Thanks for responding to my question. I am going to see what i can find on line . thanks Rory

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Posted by Rory T on Friday, February 27, 2015 7:40 PM

Pawel, thank you for your direction and advice, From the information on line i see Revell is not the best out there, but for learning i find the price point great.  I am looking forward to building a tamiya or edward  kit once i know i can do the kit justice. Again Pawel thks for your insight  i have some direction now. Rory

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, February 27, 2015 4:34 PM

Exactly. The actual colors used on RAF Mosquitos are easily found online. Then you just need to find the colors in your preferred available paint line(s). Without having the instruction sheet in front of me, as most all of us here can say, color "H" has no meaning to us. Is it an interior color? An exterior color?

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Friday, February 27, 2015 3:53 PM

Hello!

I personally don't like the manufacturer (and Revell is notorious here) to tell you to mix paints - that's a very uncomfortable thing to do. What I normally do in such cases is to try to determine the "right" colour - for example as specified by the Royal Air Force - and then try to match a colour by my favourite paint manufacturer. First you'd have to research - google phrase like "Mosquito camouflage colours 1944". You then get the nemae of the original colour like "Slate Gray", then you google, say "Slate Gray Vallejo" and tha tshould do the trick. Pure fun, isn't it? Hope it helps, good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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Paint Color
Posted by Rory T on Friday, February 27, 2015 2:46 PM

Hello, I just picked up a few Revell aircraft models and hoping to find some guidance on the paint chart?.

I have the DeHavilland Mosquito MK.iv in 1/32 and i would like to know for their color H consisting of three differnt colors in a mix ratio, is there 1 color from Vallejo or Tamiya  that will work in place of all this mixing. I dont have alot of experince yet learning as i go and really enjoying it. The hobby shop i deal with does not carry revell paints, I have been using a online conversion chart but not helpfull in this situation . Thanks  and good modeling Rory

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