How to read Hasegawa color references?

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How do you interpret Hasegawa’s colors in their instructions?
My son bought the Hasegawa 1/72 scale Italian Air Force Tornado kit today and I have no idea what they are talking about in their color references. [%-)]
For instance it says “H335” for Medium Sea Gray but I don’t know how to cross reference that. I was assuming that the “H” was Humbrol, but I cannot find a Humbrol H335 on all of the paint reference sites I have saved.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

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They are Gunze Sangyo colors. The numbers in the white boxes are Gunze Sangyo Acrylics. The other box (blue or black) is for Mr. Color Enamels, which are not available in the U.S.

To find the color, you can go to someplace like Squardron’s website. Use the keyword to enter the color’s number (with their product code prefix). That will give you the name. You can get their paints (which are nice, for acrylics. they lay very evenly, thin with isopropyl alcohol), or type in the color name with “all manufacturers” or the manufacturer of your choice.
I’ll edit this to show what I mean.

Search for Gunze Sangyo MAH335:
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=MAH335

Available paints from Squadron:
http://www.squadron.com/SearchResults.asp?ScaleList=everything&TypeList=16&ManuList=everything&Key=Medium+Sea+Gray&Submit=Go

Hope this helps.

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Thanks Pix.
I appreciate it.

Mike

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It looks like it is for cross referencing Humbrol Numbers. If Humbrol doesn’t make it (like Medium Sea Gray), it’s not listed. That’s surprising, as MSG is a British color, and Humbrol is British.[%-)]

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Hi Mike,

Just like Pix said, the “H335” refers to a particular color in the Gunze Sangyo Hobby Color range (thus the “H”), which comprises of water-based acrylic paints. They have another range, Mr. Color, which are acrylic-lacquer-based paints and seem to be popular in Asia from my travels there. I believe that the paint numbers for the similar colors between the ranges are interchangeable, the acrylics prefixed by an “H”. Hasegawa has always recommended Gunze Sangyo paints and nothing else as far as I can remember, so you can be sure they’re not referring to Humbrol paints. Hope this helps.

By the way, Gunze Sangyo H335 Medium Sea Gray is equivalent to Humbrol no. 165 if you prefer this brand, and it is the British MSG. I used this site as one of my references:

http://users.skynet.be/bk317473/natoairpower/scalemodeling/paint_cross_reference_chart.htm

Regards,
Onyan

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Does anybgody know what Hasegawa colors are for 317,318 and 329? I have a kit for an A-10C Thunderbolt 11 and these colors are listed only in Japanese?

Thanks,

Tom Vietnam Vet

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From the Gunze website at mr-hobby.com:

317 flat gray FS36231

318 semigloss radome tan

329 gloss yellow FS13538