![]() ![]() To the Standard BS colours but with FS equivalent paint numbers, the hue was so different that the Barley Gray looked somewhat Turqouis in appearance and this being due to painting over Yellow Zinc Chromate.Īs originally built completely to US standards! Any replacement part from the US in final finish to US standards! Any parts reworked/touched-up/repaired likely to be done using BS paints - is there much difference between dark gull gray and dark admiralty grey - not much, it's very subtle and certainly for a scale model you could get away using one colour or the other!ġ:1 scale they're very close and I defy any layman not armed with a FS/BS fandeck to tell the difference! The same paint can vary drastically in hue depending on how it was applied, paint batch, how well it was mixed - the same in real life as it is in modelling. The 15 RAF ex USN F-4J are a colour in question, they were sprayed at NAS North Island, San Diego, California Over the years of re-work at St.Athans BS Dark Admiralty Gray was substituted for the FS colours. These varied from Green/Gray to a silvery Gray colour as in the F-4E.Įven on the RAF/RN FGR.2/FG.1/F-4J (UK) F.3 the FS colours were used. ![]() All the F-4's were manufactured in St Louis, Missouri by McAir and the standard interior colour was USN Dark Gull Gray, with a variation over the years on the quilt work sides. Just my two-pennies worth on the Mighty F-4 question. I have also seen the MOD(N) change drawings for all sorts of reasons, a lot an awful more silly than a paint colour! Having worked in the defence industry, in a drawing office as a draughtsman & loftsman I am aware of how much it costs to issue a single change to a drawing and the impact it has. However logic should never be applied to MOD procurement / spending etc. You argument only holds water if you use logic. US produced bits will come in US colours - it would cost more to get them painted in British colours, why? Because to change the paint spec requires a drawing change - the cost of the drawing change is spread across the number of spares and puts up the unit cost, to change the paint say from dark gull gray to dark admiralty grey which are pretty close to each other in the grand scheme of things isn't worth the extra cost. If the interiors are close enough we keep them that way, British produced bits will be painted in British colours that are the closest to the American spec but not necessarily a spot on match. For the exteriors I'd agree with but not the interiors. ![]()
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