Question For RN Paint/colour Experts

[Captain Canada]

Ever wake up one afternoon and realize you're got waaaay more grey paint than you thought you had ?

Anyway...I'm building a Merlin in the colours of the RN Rescue Sea Things. These are the tins I found in my cave :

(all Xtracolor)

X3 med. sea
X4 dk. sea
X6 RAF ocean
X15 RAF light a/c
X126 dk. blue/grey
X136 light compass
X137 USN light gull
X140 light grey-Vietnam
X255 silbergrau

any picks as tp which one I should spray on ?

TIA

[RotorheadTX]

I believe X3, Med. Sea Grey, is correct for the current scheme.

[Captain Canada]

Excellent !

 

[Radish]

What,,,,no PINK?  

[Thorvic]

What,,,,no PINK?

Thats on the centre Roundels Rad  

Yeap current RN SAR are MSG with Dayglo Red, the Wessex and Whirlwinds being RAF Blue/Grey with Dayglo Orange.

G

[Captain Canada]

Nope, no pink....wouldn't want to spoil your plans !

Thanks for the info, guys. I'm going to start a list one of these days, keep track of this stuff !

 

[Jennings]

These are RAF/RN:

X3 med. sea
X4 dk. sea
X6 RAF ocean
X15 RAF light a/c
X126 dk. blue/grey

These are USAF:

X136 light compass
X140 light grey-Vietnam

This is USN/USMC (hence the name):

X137 USN light gull (aka RAF Light Aircraft Grey)

This is modern Luftwaffe:

X255 silbergrau  (which is in fact grey, not metallic silver)

[Mossie]

Cap, Urban Fredericksson's Colour charts on the IPMS Stockholm website are very useful.  Chart I lists by countries colour schemes, chart II lists by paint manufacturer.  Chart I you'll find particularly helpful, click on the country you want, it then splits into eras & each colour is given an equivalent (if it has one) by FS number & in the Humbrol, Tamiya, Pollyscale, Xtracolour, Gunze Sanyo & Model Master ranges.  You can even click on the FS number & it gives you an on screen colour swatch so you can at least narrow things down.  Doesn't split down into aircraft though, you'll need to find your own references for that.

http://ipmsstockholm.org/helpdesk.asp#color_charts

[Captain Canada]

I put the first coat on her this morning....and that X3 is just right ! Thanks for the advice, guys !





 

[Mike Wren]

don't you think that Merlin is a bit big for that carrier...?    

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Yeap current RN SAR are MSG with Dayglo Red, the Wessex and Whirlwinds being RAF Blue/Grey with Dayglo Orange.

G

N O !.... not dayglo red, just plain old RAF Post Office Red BS538/X031..... You have to trust me on this, I work (from time to time) with these things.

Ian

[Captain Canada]

I ended up using FS12197 X104 International Orange.....looks good enough to me !