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Modelling => Tips, Tools & Techniques => Topic started by: The Big Gimper on January 14, 2016, 10:25:14 AM

Title: What Colour is this?
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 14, 2016, 10:25:14 AM
Folks:

What colour blue grey is this?

(http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/17055-3/JS210.jpg)

FS35414
FS35622

(http://ScaleModelDb.com/paintimage/2564.png) (http://ScaleModelDb.com/paintdetails/2564)
(http://ScaleModelDb.com/paintimage/2562.png) (http://ScaleModelDb.com/paintdetails/2562)
(http://ScaleModelDb.com/paintimage/2558.png) (http://ScaleModelDb.com/paintdetails/2558)

http://scalemodeldb.com/paintcharts/federalstandard (http://scalemodeldb.com/paintcharts/federalstandard)

Thx
Title: Re: What Colour is this?
Post by: Frank3k on January 14, 2016, 11:40:12 AM
It's hard to match colors on the screen, but FS35622 looks like a closer match than FS35414 which looks a little dark.
Title: Re: What Colour is this?
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 15, 2016, 05:45:47 AM
I agree with call that Frank.
Title: Re: What Colour is this?
Post by: Kerick on January 15, 2016, 10:34:33 AM
For a one color scheme it does look good.
Trying to match a color from a photo and appearing on a computer screen is super difficult. Here's another pic and I'd say it looks quite different.
I suggest researching the Indian Air Force and see if you can find something specific.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/IAF_Jaguar.jpg)
Title: Re: What Colour is this?
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 15, 2016, 07:58:36 PM
Here is a Mig-21:

(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/8/4/1429481.jpg)

And a Hawk:

(http://newsworldindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AIR_Hawk_Indi.jpg)

I'm using the tail flash as the reference point. I think in the flying Jaguar picture the bright white cloud background fooled the camera and it used a larger f stop.

I also found this quote: The IAF has now adopted a standard overall light gray color scheme for all Jaguars, similar to that adopted by the RAF.

Unless I buy a book (not really interested) I think I will defer to the lighter grey FS35622 (Duck Egg Blue on MM paints).  The Hawk appears to have a purer grey.