Need colours for a Hawker Hunter.

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I am looking for specifics for the blue underside and grey and green topside. Preferably in Tamiya or Humbrol. Thanks in advance.

I picked up the 1/72 Eastern Express kit. I think it is an old Frog kit. What a terrible kit! Huge gaps at the wing root. Terrible fit. No detail; the cockpit is a flat shelf with a head and shoulders sticking out of it. And the instructions came without painting details; thus my request. But heck, any model is fun to build right. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

Duncan

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Duncan,

Sounds like it is the old Frog kit, enjoy the challenge!

Colours you’ll need are (Humbrol) 164 Dark sea grey, 195 Dark green, & for the underside, 196 light grey will do nicely. Wheel wells & inside the doors is silver or matt aluminium, same for the landing gear, though that’s probably not well detailed either.

All the best

Pete

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Thanks Pete. Are you sure about the underside? It looks blue on the box lid.

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hawker hunters have light grey undersides. I’ve never seen one with a bluie underside.

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I didn’t have a lot to do with Hunters in the RAF, but the ones I did work on were a very pale grey, almost off white, on their undersides.

Other marks of the aircraft were seen in wraparound Dark sea & dark green, in later years, so you might get away with that if it takes your fancy.

Saudi hunters were two tone brown with almost a PR blue underside. I’ve got the 1/72nd Revell kit, I’ll be building that as a Royal Saudi Air Force Hunter, just to be different. I’ve had Revells 1/32nd Hunter for a few years now, still not gotten around to building it, can’t make up my mind which scheme to go for!.

It’s likely that the boxtop art has a bit of ‘artistic licence’, most do. As I said, good look with the kit.

Pete

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Thanks again guys. Good information. Now to sanding all the putty I had to lay down. [(-D]