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Great photos, thanks guys. Now I see what Darren meant about it being a "dirty brown gray rather than a blue gray". That's a huge difference.

Daryl it's a Tamiya 1/32 kit/ The PE is from Eduard (#32532) and, even though it doesn't show well in that photo, the seat is from Cutting Edge. Darren that's some great information and I really appreciate it. I knew you guys would get me pointed in the right direction. The MM color for FS36251 is what I show at the top of the post, and it is way, WAY off of what the photos indicate. If the light gray radomes are light ghost then the base gray must be something around the shade of dark gull gray or thereabouts.

Thanks again, guys. Ken the photos are great and really tell the story of how light changes colors. You guys are exactly right, and I'm just going to go with what I think is right. I like the colors in the photos and I'm going to match those and head forward with it. After all, I do have photos to back me up Murph, thanks for the panel link. I have those images printed and in my notebook. I realize the PE panel is the old-style panel without the MFD's that were installed as part of the upgrade (can't remember what they called it), but I used what was available. I just really wanted t

Thanks, Ken. I appreciate that. As I mentioned it's my first try with color PE and it felt a bit like cheating. I like doing cockpits but wanted to give the PE a try to see how it worked. Great Eagle pix. Thanks for the link. The color variation is what I'm concerned about. The links I posted in my original post (I think the owner of that site is a member here. If so, thanks for making the photos available) show the jets in sunlight, in shadow, and in a hangar. Sunlight causes a color shift because of sky reflections, and hangars are usually lighted with either high pressure sodium

Thanks for the help, Mungo. I appreciate it. I will post some pix when I get it done, just don't hold your breath. I've been working on it since July and have barely scratched the surface. Here is a photo of the "Office" and there are a few more on my web site (links in my signature) That's the first time I've used color PE on a cockpit and other than being a bit "Flat" it turned out pretty decently. I have cleaned up a few things since I took the pictures. Funny how you can notice thinge in photos you neverr see in real life. As to the Tomcats, it could be worse. They might be Bugs

I'm building an Eagle from 44th Squadron, 18th Wing at Kadena. Here Is One Page and Here Is Another Page that show photos of the jets. I won't post the images directly since they are copyrighted. As I understand the ModEagle paint scheme it consists of FS36176 Dark Grey and FS36251 Medium Grey. I got some Model Masters 1794 which is supposed to be FS36251 but it is much darker than the color shown on the jets in the photos above. Here is a sample of it: The inset gray on the left side is (or should be!) the same as the light gray on the jets mentioned above. So, my question is, did th