A Hasegawa kit suggested I use olive drab for a cockpit and when I looked up conversion for Gunze to Tamiya it suggested i used Khaki. Well after painting the Khaki was just to dark but Tamiyas Olive Drab would have been a better choice. Just a warning when doing conversions from other websites, use a scrap piece of plastic to check the paints before painting the actual model. I have to mix a dark blue for a Hellcat and the only paints I have access to is Tamiya paints. I hope this conversion comes out better. If I was not concerned with fumes I would get the Testors right FS numbered paint and if I new the right FS number (that could only help).
That is the conversion chart I used. For the most part everything is pretty darn close. But the cockpit color just does not seem right. I did the same plane about 7 years ago and the color is lighter. I really do not think it really matters. When I was painting colors on Duece and a halfs one can never seem to fully match another can. When working in an hardware store, the colors always came out a little different each time. Thanks for the help.
Very true. I used to help shade and approve colors in paint production, so I know exactly what you mean. It is one of the reasons that nit-picking a color on a model is silly. It is also why those color charts can go out of date or just be a little off. When in doubt, trust your references and your eyes (in proper light, of course.)