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Color to airbrush F-15E seats?

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  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Color to airbrush F-15E seats?
Posted by MikeV on Saturday, October 18, 2003 9:29 PM
What color do you people airbrush the seats in modern fighter aircraft such as the F-15E?
I am building the 1/48 Revell F-15E kit and I used Model Master flat black for the sides of the seat as well as the instrument panel and the color of the flat black is just too dark and does not look real. This flat black looks more like charcoal or midnight black. Would a real dark gray look better?
Suggestions?

Thanks

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:21 AM
Here are some of the painting instructions for modern ejection seats that True Details includes with their resin cockpit interiors:

Seat frame - Gray FS 36492 or Black FS 37038
Seat cushions - Khaki FS 34088 or Black FS 37038
Headrest - Red FS 31302, Black FS 37038, Gray FS 36373, or
Khaki Green FS 34082
Drogue chute (on top) - Khaki Drab FS 34201
Oxygen bottle (under lower part of the seat back cushion) - Apple Green FS 14187
Survival kit (under forward seat frame) - Metalic Blue, no FS#
Sequencing and separation mechanisms - Steel, no FS#
Ejection handles - Stripes, Yellow FS 33636, Black FS 37038
Release handle - Stripes, Yellow FS 33636

They also add the following: "Due to the complexity of seats, it is best study reference material on the seat you are modeling to find out the exact colors needed."

I hope this doesn't cause any confusion. Blush [:I]

Pete


  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:48 AM
Thanks Pete.

I guess a little experimenting is in order. I think I'll start with white and keep adding drops of black until I get to the color I want. The straight flat black looks too fake for me. Big Smile [:D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:04 PM
http://www.ejectionsite.com/frame_sg.htm The F-15 version of the ACES II is Black btw.
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:43 PM
Wow! Cool site Sven. Thanks. Big Smile [:D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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