lesthegringo Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Picked up one of the Hobbyboss A-6E kits, very very nice. But (there's always a but) why, with a huge range of paints available and US Navy / Grumman aircraft being common do they insist on the cockpit colour being a 1:1 mix of Gunze C117 and white? Surely there is an out of the pot colour that serves that closely enough with all the tones, shades and varieties of greys out there, not least from the Gunze range? What can I use from the Humbrol / Gunze / Tamiya / Revell range, I have a lot of them and don't want to mess around mixing paints Cheers Les Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) US jet cockpits are painted Dark Gull Grey. It often appears lighter in photographs and many people use a lighter grey color. If you use color aftermarket from Eduard then the color is WAY off, too light and too purplish blue. So if you want to be "correct" use any of the Dark Gull Greys from the available from the various paint ranges, maybe lightened a little for scale effect, if you're into that. Edited February 16, 2018 by Mstor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 AKA FS 36231 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticWeapons Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Personally, I use a custom 1:1 mix of Model Master enamel dark gull gray and light gull gray. Tamiya XF-20 Medium Grey is another close match. Edited February 17, 2018 by PlasticWeapons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Also Tamiya XF19 Sky Grey is almost dead on for Dark Gull Grey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillS Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Humbrol 140 is their dark gull gray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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