WW2 RAF Roundel colours

[ajaycad]

Probably been covered before, but can anyone suggest acrylic paint codes for RAF roundels circa 1944

[nmayhew]

Fair question!

 

Perhaps to help narrow things a bit:

Presumably we are talking 'factory fresh'?

Allowing for scale factor or not?

And most importantly, which company?? Eg Tamiya, Gunze, Lifecolor etc?

 

Cheers

 

Nick

[Dave J]

I used Mr Color Lacquers on my Spitfire... If you can get the Gunze colours here is the crossovers -

 

C326 Blue = H326

C329 Yellow = H329

C327 Red = H327

[ajaycad]

Not too fussy as to which brand although I have a soft spot for Gunze products, any brand is fine it's the colour accuracy I'm more concerned with. Probably best to go with factory fresh, then I can fade/weather as required.

[Matt_]

Here are mixes for Tamiya...

 

Dull Roundel Red : 75% Flat Red (XF-7), 25% Red Brown (XF-64)

Roundel Blue : 75% Flat Blue (XF-8), 25% Flat Black (XF-1)

Roundel Yellow : 95% Flat Yellow (XF-3), 5% Flat Red (XF-7)

 

and a variation:

 

Dull Roundel Red - Mix of 75% flat Red (XF-7 ), 25% NATO Brown (XF-68)
Blue - Mix of 95% flat Blue (XF-8), 5% flat Black (XF-1)
Yellow - Flat Yellow (XF-3) with a tiny amount of flat Red (XF-7)

 

Matt