Folk's,
The question of paint for what and who is asked countless times, to help all in an attempt to answer, I've listed here for all, the colours for the various Armed Services and where posible the FS Number.
Floquil [Polly Scale] is the left hand colum and Model Master is the right hand colum, the FS Number is in [brackets]
A.V.G.
Humbrol # 118 = FS30219 - Sand
Humbrol # 117 = FS34102 - U.S. Dark Green 42
Humbrol # 126 = FS26270 - Undersurface Grey
These paints were manufactured by DuPont based on the British day fighter scheme, as the AVG P 40's were cammoed in the RAF day fighter scheme of the time.
Japan:
505272 - Army Dk Green [34098] - 2114 IJA Green
505274 - Army Lt Grey [36628] - 2115 IJA Lt Grey
505276 - Primer Brown [30108]
505278 - Navy Green [34058] - 2116 IJN Green
505280 - Navy Sky Grey [36495] - 2117 IJN Grey
505282 - Deep Yellow [33538] - 2118 Yellow / 2119 Metalic Blue Primer
RAAF:
505244 - Earth Brown K3/177 [30099]
505246 - Foliage Green K3/178 [34092]
505248 - Sky Blue K3/195 [35550]
United States:
505080 - A/N 613 Olive Drab - 2050 Olive Drab / 2051 Faded Olive Drab
505082 - A/N 612 Med. Green -
505084 - A/N 616 Sand - 2053 Sand
505086 - A/N 603 Neutral Grey -
505088 - Navy Blue Grey - 2055 M485 Navy Blue Grey
505090 - A/N 602 Navy Lt Grey
505092 - A/N 607 Sea Blue
505094 - A/N 608 Interm Blue
505096 - A/N 611 Int Green
R.A.F. Overseas:
505250 - Dk Green [34079] - 2060 RAF Dk Green
505252 - Dk Earth [30118] - 2054 Dark Earth
505254 - Sky type 'S' [34504] - 2049 RAF Sky Type 'S'
505256 - Ocean Grey [35237] - 2057 RAF Ocean Grey
505258 - Med Sea Grey [36293] - 2058 RAF Med Sea Grey
505262 - Azure Blue [35231] - 2048 RAF Azure Blue
I have written a paint chart that cross references model paint against each of the major brands. I hope this is of help to all.