Why is it difficult to buy FS.36375 Light Grey

Helo 53 wrote:

Over the past 12 month's , every time I visit the hobby stores their always out of stock of FS.36375. I airbrush with Gunze Sangyo acrylics , so the color H-308 isn't available . Even in the Testors/Model master enamels it's hard to buy . Therefore I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to mix their own using other colors to produce H-308 [FS.36375]. I always use a sryinge to siphon out an exact amount of paint to alcohol ratio.So has anyone ever experimented with this idea , using so many CC/MLs of different colors to make H-308

Have you tried Xtracrylix/Xtracolour enamels by www.hannants.co.uk excellent paints.

Scott. 

Helo 53 wrote:

Thank's Mike ; I'll give that a try as well and compare it to a few of the aircraft kits in my collection Finished with FS.36375 , F-15 , F-16 , A-6E , A-7E . I'll let you know how it goes .

The 36375 lt gray is listed under in the Model Master Acryl line as Light Ghost Gray. If you look at the bottle where the Bar Code is the last 5 digits of it is the FS Number.. So I have been told. 

Also in the Poly Scale line the same color is listed as US Ghost Gray Light..

Hope this helps 

Helo 53 wrote:

I also realize that an easy solution is to buy  gunze acrylic's on-line from hobby stores outside Australia . However I did purchase 6 jars of gunze paints from a hobby store in New Zealand last year . Unfortunatly the package had a dangerous goods lable on it ; which ment that Customs are allowed to check the package , which in turn I received a $30.00 inspection fee . A rather expensive exercise . I just thought mixing my own would be a cheaper alternative Kind Regards Helo .

Where abouts in Oz are you? Gunze acrylics are pretty widely available here in Sydney at approx. ($A)3 per bottle.

Ohh, ok. I drop into Kelletts at Liverpool every once in a while - will check the paint racks next time and let you know if I spot any H-308's.  

Cheers

I did a test spray on the wing of an F-15C Eagle and compared it to a finished F-15C I did three years ago.The inside colour is Gunze H-307,and the outside colour is a combination of 3 CC/mls H-307,1 CC/mls  H-338,and half a CC/mls H-314.Thinned with an equal amount 50/50 of isopropyl alcohol.

Here is a better pic.I'm still learning to post pictures on this forum.

you're doing fine!  those colors are almost dead on, the one on the right seems a tad lighter but close enough to call 'just right'...  you might try adding a drop or two of the darker color and see if it brings it in closer?  That's a really good job on the jet on the left by the way... once I stopped looking at the colors I realized what a great build you'd done!!!