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Model Forum / General / Models / August 2008Korean War Naval Aircraft blue
Is there a single "straight out of the pot" color for late-WW2/Korean War era US naval aircraft? I've used a can of now oop Tamiya AS-8 (Spray) Navy Blue which seems spot on. However, for touch-ups and future projects (brush and airbrush) It'd be nice not to have to mix paints (and considering the subject I'd imagine an easier time of it). TIA > Is there a single "straight out of the pot" color for late-WW2/Korean > War era US naval aircraft? I've used a can of now oop Tamiya AS-8 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > TIA The Testors ModelMaster Dark Sea Blue (comes in gloss and flat, but cannot recall the FSN) seems right. I've used it twice now and it looks right on the models. Cookie Sewell > The Testors ModelMaster Dark Sea Blue (comes in gloss and flat, but > cannot recall the FSN) seems right. I've used it twice now and it > looks right on the models. Neither should have an FS number as the colors predate the FS system, they will have an ANA number. Further it is not a simple matter for gloss or flat, they are two different colors. That said MM gloss sea blue works for overall blue USN planes. > AMPS...@aol.com wrote: > > The Testors ModelMaster Dark Sea Blue (comes in gloss and flat, but [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > gloss or flat, they are two different colors. That said MM gloss sea > blue works for overall blue USN planes. Thanks guys! I got dragged out on payday shopping, and wrangled a stop at the hobby store and bought both:oD >> Is there a single "straight out of the pot" color for late-WW2/Korean >> War era US naval aircraft? I've used a can of now oop Tamiya AS-8 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >cannot recall the FSN) seems right. I've used it twice now and it >looks right on the models. ...I can second Cookie's recommendation. Last year I helped a friend's son build an F4U Corsair to match the one his grandfather flew when he was in the Navy, and he wanted to get the colors right. Then he took the plane, had a birthday cake made to look like the open sea, and splashed the plane into the drink! It was then I found out his granddad had to ditch when his landing gear failed to open and his engine quit after he'd been waved off and started a loop around while the crash barricades were being raised. The wild thing is that somehow the Corsair didn't sink, and they were actually able to salvage it from the water. It didn't fly again, but the failure analysis guys at Chance-Vaught appreciated getting that one back for once :-) OM  Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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