Why is it difficult to buy FS.36375 Light Grey

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!!!

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

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.

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

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.

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:

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 .

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

Scott. 

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