Colour help please

rjwood_uk · by **rjwood_uk** » 12 Sep 2006, 02:23

Hi. New to the forum.

i am going to be making a 1/48 F-16A 2003 Tiger Meet edition with eduard "Big Ed" detail set.

I have never made a Hasegawa before and their colour reference is for Mr.Colors which i cant seem to find anywhere.

the colour scheme is the same as this:

http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item50073.html

i was wondering if anyone could tell me what these colours are in either Tamiya acrylics or Humbrol enamels.

Thanks alot.

Richard

Boman · by **Boman** » 12 Sep 2006, 13:14

Hello Richard and welcome

Fine Scale Modeller magazine published a good comparison chart in Oct. 2001, and from this I can tell you;
FS36118 Gunship Gray = Humbrol 125
FS36270 Neutral Gray = Humbrol 126
FS36231 Dark Gull Gray = Humbrol 140
FS36375 Light Ghost Gray = Humbrol 127
FS36320 Dark Ghost Gay = Humbrol 128
FS36173 Air Mobility Command Grey = Humbrol 156 (Alternative to FS36118, looks "weathered")
FS35237 Medium Gray = Humbrol 145 (Alternative to FS36118, looks "weathered")
Please note: These are enamels.

Tamiya has similar colours only in the spray can range, nothing in tins/jars, and doesn`t list the FS-numbers, so this is a "best-guess":
FS36118 Gunship Gray = Taniya AS27
FS36270 Neutral Gray = Tamiya AS7
FS36231 Dark Gull Gray = N/A
FS36375 Light Ghost Gray = Tamiya AS26
FS36320 Dark Ghost Gay = Tamiya AS25
FS35237 Medium Gray = Tamiya AS28
From what I understand, these are acrylic colours.

As Humbrol/Airfix/Heller is under administration I suggest you pic up the needed colours soon, as no-one yet knows the outcome of this situation. Sad, but that`s life.

You can also use the search engine at www.Hannants.co.uk and search for the FS-numbers you want. It will for sure give you a lot of hits, either enamel or acrylic, wichever is your choice.

Good luck and keep us posted on the progress

rjwood_uk · by **rjwood_uk** » 12 Sep 2006, 15:45

thanks alot. there is a small shop in my town that has the entire humbrol enamels range about 10 times over (not many people buy there stuff from there) if you want to see how its going check out

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3548

again. thanks for the help!

Richard

rjwood_uk · by **rjwood_uk** » 05 Oct 2006, 17:46

need some more help converting FS numbers please (or at least a link to a place i can buy some paints the actually use the FS numbers!!!

FS 30279 (sand)
FS 30140 (light earth)

this is to make the AF870307 from the 57 ATC

any help appreciated. thanks

Boman · by **Boman** » 05 Oct 2006, 20:27

Hello RJ

Try searching on www.hannants.co.uk - you`ll most likely find what you need there

Also try substituting the first 3- with 1-, as you then might find more hits (E.g. 10279 instead of 30279)
The difference is that those starting with 1 are gloss, while those starting with 3 are matt. :thumb:

rjwood_uk · by **rjwood_uk** » 05 Oct 2006, 22:53

i had already tried that. well tamiya paints a readily avaliable to me, they do a Deserts Yellow XF-59 and a Flat earth XF52.

the desert yellow looks like it is very similar to the real colour and i have mixed the flat earth with some red and white and have nearly got it spot on. just needs a bit of tweaking and il have it.

thanks anway.

Richard