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Dear fellow modelers: I´m in the process of building that machine, and I wasn´t able to find a source to get the right colors for it, I mean, the "green one". What should be the right Tamiya Accrilic color?, I read somewhere that could be either XF-61 or XF-27, but I don´t think those will be right....Any help?, any acrilic manufacturer would be O.K. as well.

Best regards,

Juan

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Dear fellow modelers: I´m in the process of building that machine, and I wasn´t able to find a source to get the right colors for it, I mean, the "green one". What should be the right Tamiya Accrilic color?, I read somewhere that could be either XF-61 or XF-27, but I don´t think those will be right....Any help?, any acrilic manufacturer would be O.K. as well.

Best regards,

Juan

Hi Juan

I doubt anyone knows for sure, unless you went and sanded back one of the preserved ones in Cuba!

google image search "sea fury cuba"

there are pics of the preserved two

eg

Museum_of_the_Revolution_Sea_Fury.jpg

or this

1308664.jpg

this one is pretty funky!

1044474.jpg

the old scheme was more likely...

SeafuryCuba01-001.jpg

but there are maybe 3 photos taken at the time of BOP

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/baypigs-airforce.htm

seafury-1.jpg

seafury.jpg

http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=259&Itemid=47

A FAR "Sea Fury" on display in 1959. Since Batista was unable to obtain combat aircraft from the USA due to the embargo he turned to Britain for that purpouse. The "Sea Furies" arrived too late to be of any real use to the FAEC but provided the FAR with a credible combat capability (as clearly demonstrated at the Bay of Pigs) until the arrival of the MiGs. Note the underwing rockets which are shown to good advantage, drop tanks resting aginst the landing gear can also be seen. A sea Fury serial 542 still exists in Havana. (Albert Grandolini collection)

FAR-6AG%20(1959).jpg

also

http://www.cubadefensa.cu/?q=node/1989

I'd suggest the roughly mottled camoflaged ones are most representative of BOP era, but what those colours are, who knows.

The top photo of the preserved one is most like the 1959 photo.

If anyone know more I'd love to know too!

PS I just had a look at Cuba on satellite images, it looks pretty green. I'd suggest the mottle Sea Fury to be dark and light green as dispersal camouflage.

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