Help needed please !! F.S. colours
Hi all, I am hoping someone out there can help me convert some F.S. colours to Humbrol or Tamiya for my latest A4 Skyhawk project . I have an impressive decal sheet from Isradecal studio for an IAF scooter but they only quote the colours in F.S.
The numbers I have are :- 33531
34227
30219
35622
They are standard Israeli camo colours Sand, Green ,Brown and light grey.
Cheers and stay safe Neil .
Dear Neil @neil-foster!
Here are the equivalents in Humbrol (taken from Don Color charts)
Hope I helped
33531 Humbrol 121
34227 Humbrol 120
30219 Humbrol 118
35622 Humbrol 122
All the best, my friend!
Thanks for taking the time out Spiros , the upper surface colours look right but I think they (Isradecal) may have misquoted the colour for the lower surface as it's a pale grey not pale blue ,but thanks again for those others ,I will go with them.
Keep safe ,Neil.
Hey Neil @neil-foster! For the undersides try Humbrol 127.
I think you might find it "close enough".
All the best!
I have a FS color chip book and I’ll scan the colors you requested later tonight and post them up so you can get a good idea as to what the color approximations are. Hope this helps you.
It looks like Spiros has done a great job for you. This is the best place for Modelling and everything that’s related.
OK Neil, @neil-foster
Here you go... These are the scans I made from my FS book. This should give you an idea as to what the colors should look like.
FS 33531
FS 34227
FS 30219
FS 35622
Hope this helps...
Thanks Louis ,it's much appreciated.
N.
In the future, download iModelKit from the Apple App store or whatever the Android uses. It is my go-to paint app. It has FS, RLM, RAL, British Standard, and many other color systems. It also has ALL of the major paint brand and cross references the paints with colors. I've used hot for the past year and love it. Get the full version, not the Lite version...
Tom,
Thanks for the great reference. Wish I knew about this before building a TBF Avenger that had no paint chart.
Cheers Tom I'll take a look.
N.
Neil my friend! Good to see you here again, hope all is well on your side of the pond.
I think this will get you all the info you need, hope your colors are on it...
https://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_humbrol.htm
Jaime ! nice to hear from you pal ,thanks for the help buddy and keep safe.
N.
Er... My two cents of silliness
Although I love Tamiya paints, did you consider purchasing a set from Ammo Mig, or Akan or Hataka if they have it (As far as I remember Ammo Mig has one) ?
I've used the Hataka sets twice now and find them hard to get through the airbrush but I'll have a look at the others, thanks for chipping in Jose.
Neil
I would recommend the Akan set - I have it for my Kurnass 2000 build, and used them on the Pe-2 as a first-go-round with the Akan water-based acrylics. I loved the way they went down. I've heard others had problems with the Hataka, so I've avoided them. I got some good thinning advice for the Akan paints from Dmitry several months ago, and if you want me to pass it on I'd be happy to (just PM me).
Here is another reference for Vallejo Air paints. I find it very useful in getting the proper colors.
https://acrylicosvallejo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/historical-color-references-guide-for-aircraft-and-afv-series-vallejo-colors.pdf