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Boeing grey is too light as you can see from the picture of the engine cowl. The wings, landing gear, gear doors and engine pylons on most of the Boeing fleet are Boeing grey. The exception is the 787 where wings and pylons are white. The fuselage has more blue in the shade of grey than Boeing grey.

I think the Tamiya silver mica is too silver. I had hoped to paint a few tests to compare with the real thing but didn’t have time before having to head out on my next trip. When I get back I’m going to try a few colors to see how they match up to the real thing. May take a week or so.

What era are these figures from? Are they reprentitve of crew members fro the 2000-2010 period or the 1980’s -1990’s time frame? Either way they look great and it’s good to see you to continue to expend you selection of figures. Hope to see more. It would be great to see some more flight crew figures. Also fire fighting crew members to go with skunkmodels workshop fire tractor.

Dylan, thanks for the heads up on the silver mica from Xtracolour. If I can find it I’ll give it a try and compare it to the real thing.

Photo I took today showing the contrast in greys. The forward section of the engine is the silver mica of the fuselage while the aft section is Boeing grey. The far aft section tends to run darker from exhaust during reverser operation. Taken with my phone on a cloudy morning so not the best photo.

I’m a pilot for AA so I get to see the colors up close. The official name of the color is silver mica. From a distance and on cloudy days it looks grey, but in bright sunlight it has a metallic look. There are metallic flakes evident in the paint when viewed in bright sunlight. The color is close to Boeing grey that the wings, engine pylons, and other parts are painted. To my eye aircraft grey is close. On a scale model the metallic sheen wouldn’t be noticed. One of these days I’ll get around to trying to match the paint as I have a couple of sheets to use in the new livery.

Nice work

I’d rather that the sheets are correct as opposed to an unnamed company who prints the tail codes to a F-16 aggressor in the wrong color, then when it’s pointed out to them they ignore the mistake.

I’m curious, why won’t MRP ship to Canada?

Gunze make a clear gold, color GX111. I purchased a bottle of the stuff but have not tried it yet. Out of the bottle it looks a little opaque but I think thinning or mixing with clear it can be made more translucent. I plan to experiment with it on clear plastic spoons, just haven't got around to it. http://www.mr-hobby.com/en/itemDetail.php?iId=121

Very nice work. Looks awesome. Nice first post too. Welcome, hope to see more of your work.

Listings for intakes came up today https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-48-S-3A-B-VIKING-SEAMLESS-INTAKE-SET-LATE-for-ITALERI-AMT-/223173934937?nav=SEARCH https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-48-S-3A-B-VIKING-SEAMLESS-INTAKE-SET-EARLY-for-ITALERI-AMT-/223173934931?nav=SEARCH

I’ve given up hope that an after market cockpit will be released in 1/32 for the Super Hornet. There are seats from Legend, Wolfpack Design, and Aires.

Holy Dirty Bird! Looks great.

By Jove I think I got it