Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 21, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 21, 2019 Ivan, there are two schemes for this aircraft, a tri tone grey, and the blue camo. I’m doing the tri tone grey because Glen wanted OOB. There’s the grey scheme... And the blue... Same jet, different camo The model as it sits If anything, my light grey is too grey, although it’s much lighter in person. 6
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 21, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 21, 2019 I’m considering lightening the lightest grey a bit more still. It’s definitely too grey, although it looks good in person. I might take it out in the sunlight to see how it looks. Maybe mist it in white tinted Future to lighten up the entire thing It these are the color call outs I found. I don’t necessarily trust KH or any kits color call outs. These colors I got off a VFC-111 site and I used Gunze paint 4
harv Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 I almost pulled the trigger on this one last night for $35, but delivery was 2-3 months........harv 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 22, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 22, 2019 OK, here’s couple shots with a bit of lighting on it. Definitely lighter, and I think it’ll lighten up a lot with a flat coat and in actual sunlight. Thoughts? 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 22, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, harv said: I like it. Looks good to me.....harv Go pick one up Harv. It’s a stellar kit. 3
BlrwestSiR Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 For $35 it certainly looks worth it. Even if you have to wait a bit. Personally, I need to burn through the stash a bit more. Thankfully my boys are helping me out with that Ernie, I think the camo looks pretty good to me. Carl 2
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 22, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 22, 2019 Yeah I think it’s close. It needs a bit more blue shade on the darkest color. 2
Ivan Ivanovich Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Looks good. And you're doing a mighty fine job, by the way. The fact KH gives a wrong FS number for the darkest grey, 36118, is by no means your fault. Should be 35327. The lighter greys, 36495 and 36320, look spot on and are the correct shades. FS 36118 is significantly darker and lacks the distinctive blueish tinge of FS 35327. 36495, 36320 and 35327 are "official". 2
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 22, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 22, 2019 23 minutes ago, Ivan Ivanovich said: Looks good. And you're doing a mighty fine job, by the way. The fact KH gives a wrong FS number for the darkest grey, 36118, is by no means your fault. Should be 35327. The lighter greys, 36495 and 36320, look spot on and are the correct shades. FS 36118 is significantly darkers and lacks the distinctive blueish tinge of FS 35327. 36495, 36320 and 35327 are "official". Which is why I really appreciate you guys. I think Glen thought it’d be fitting to watch a prop guy struggle through a jet, but I will prevail! I’ll do some looking and get the right shade tomorrow. I can quite nicely spot it in. I have a fairly steady hand and it should be OK. 3
Ivan Ivanovich Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Or leave it as it is... He wanted OOB, so you should give him OOB-ish 36118. 3
Ivan Ivanovich Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: (...) Same jet, different camo (...) Not quite... Two different aircraft. 840456 is an ex-USAF 425th TFTS F-5F. 3
GazzaS Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Screw it man... Just take the easy way out: 74/75/76, a few black Exes here and there. I mean...those crazy FS-five-digit color codes... Who needs the worry? Who can remember? It'll look spiffy with half the effort. Gaz 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 22, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 22, 2019 Haha@Gaz Believe me, I thought about exactly that. But I’m an Eastern front guy so I was thinking 65/70/71, with a splash of 04. 5
Martinnfb Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Keep it up Ernie, OOB is OOB. Dude, I ain’t that rude. 3
Jeff Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 16 hours ago, harv said: I almost pulled the trigger on this one last night for $35, but delivery was 2-3 months........harv Takes time to walk the donkeys across the USA I guess eh, Harv? especially after rowing the canoe across the ocean...... 2-3 months in this day and age?? That's just silly.... 3
harv Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 13 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: Go pick one up Harv. It’s a stellar kit. I missed. Oh well. Waiting on the new ZM release.......harv 3
Ivan Ivanovich Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Purely demotivational... "O Aftermarket Where Art Thou?" TwoBobs et al? Anyone? 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 24, 2019 Ok, so here’s where it gets interesting. As most jets are pretty much nothing but featureless blobs to enlightened prop guys like me, color is everything. A check of my paint used showed the dark grey to be the correct for the aircraft FS 35237, blue-grey. MM calls it medium grey. Heres a test spray. The Gunze 35 237 I used is on the left. MM 35237 enamel is lower right, and MM 35237 acrylic is top right. Oh, and yes, I’m shamelessly stirring the pot, troublemaker that I am. because we’re all laid back here.... 2
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 24, 2019 They’re pretty much the same with MM maybe a touch lighter. Here’s with the model next to it for comparison. Gunze was used on the model. 3
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 24, 2019 I dunno guys. That’s the real call out color according to USN itself. What the heck am I missing? 2
harv Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 What's wrong with it Ern ? I think it looks fine.....harv 1
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted January 24, 2019 The dark grey just didn’t look right. Ivan’s helping figure it out. We’re having fun, actually. 2
BlrwestSiR Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Clunkmeister said: I dunno guys. That’s the real call out color according to USN itself. What the heck am I missing? I'm glad you're not asking me since being colourblind, I wouldn't be much use to ya. 1 hour ago, Clunkmeister said: The dark grey just didn’t look right. Ivan’s helping figure it out. We’re having fun, actually. Having fun is the important part. 1
BlrwestSiR Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 7:01 PM, Ivan Ivanovich said: Purely demotivational... "O Aftermarket Where Art Thou?" TwoBobs et al? Anyone? Ivan, I think a few of those are available as paint masks: http://www.advmodprds.com/f532.html 2
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