Okay, need help with the camoflauge colors on my Revell-o-gram B-17G; I don’t wanna mess with an all-silver paint scheme (I’ve already got a B-29 & a B-36 that will be all silver), so I’m gonna do a camoflauge scheme with the upper green surfaces and the lower light gray surfaces.
Does anybody out there know what the approximate FS numbers are? I’m using Model Master enamels so I’m kinda limited to whatever they make; I’m guessing the upper surfaces are gonna be close to FS34087 (“Olive Drab”), and the undersurfaces are gonna be close to FS36307 (“Flat Sea Gray”). Lemme know if I’m wrong. Thanx!
Ya might try this:
For the top, Olive Drab (FS34087) and for below, Matte Neutral Gray (FS36173).
I don’t have that kit (yet), but i do have the B-25J from Revell, and it calls for those colors. And i do believe that paint colors and shades were standardized throughout the AAF fleet before they started leaving the bare metal finish with newer planes.
But for what it’s worth, when i do get my hands on that kit, i’m gonna go with the green/gray too!
B-17s in the OD/gray scheme were usually painted with “olive drab ANA 613” and “neutral gray” both of which are available from model master.
Here are two interesting pictures. Both are technically the olivedrab/gray schemes, but the olive drab and gray seem to be very different colors. Unless you know the exact color used on the particular aircraft, i.e. “Memphis Bell”, then I think you can get away with a wide range of drab greens and grays. Same thing with the interior color, I believe.
if you are doing a o.d./neutral gray a/c with some missions under its belt use model master ana613 o.d. or faded o.d. both are widely available and give that purpulish hue that so often accompanies faded o.d. hope this helps! dave
Thank you everybody for your helpful replies; while (again) researching this subject, I came across a very informative website concerning the internal colors of various American aircraft manufactured during WWII, if anybody is interested. Interestingly, it is the website for IPMS of Stockholm, Sweden! Here is a link:
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/02/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part2.htm