sapperastro Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hello all, I am about to make a 1/48 P51 Mustang mark K from the 3rd squadron, RAAF, in Italy 1944. The colours on the net have alluded to US equivalent colours of Olive drab (seems different to USAF olive drab) over 'Sea grey' with 'Light grey' underside. Does anyone know what the correct Humbrol/Colourcoat paints might be for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Colin Ford is your man for RAAF Mustangs. Might be worth searching on the site for his posts on the subjects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) good question (I have the airfix raf mustang ready to go), the colours used are often quoted as ANA613, ANA603 and ANA602, which equate to humbrol 155, 126 and 129 in my book. Colourcoats I believe have them as the modern federal standard equivalents ANA602 Light Grey - ACUS01 FS26440 Light Gull Grey ANA603 Sea Grey - ACUS14 FS26440 Gunship Grey ANA613 Olive Drab - ACUS15 Olive Drab 41 Edited February 6, 2017 by PhantomBigStu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I did this when I modelled the Airfix P-51D as a 112 sqn Mk IV in Italy & have a photo of some humbrol colours matched to Monogram paint chips for the US equivalent colours. Photobucket seems to be playing silly buggers just now but when it deigns to come back I'll put this up here. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 You also need to check the camouflage patterns on Italian-based aircraft, they can be quite different from the standard. There has been a lot of comment on this in past threads, possibly a little while ago now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 PB seems OK now so here is a link to the paint matches I did for my mustang build. Scroll on down & you'll see that the camo pattern is non standard as Graham has mentioned, The one I've used which was also used by some 3 sqn Mustangs was known as the Firewall pattern because of the demarcation line in front of the cockpit. Some 3 sqn Mustangs also used what was called the Loop pattern, you really need a photo reference to the plane you're intending to model to determine which one it used. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapperastro Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) Wow, thanks for all the info guys, much appreciated. I am really looking forward to this one. And thank you very much for the pictures Steve. Regards, Greg Edit; Steve, it is the older 'CV-P' which I believe was a 'loop' pattern. The new plane that the pilot flew was in the metal finish, of which there are plenty of pictures (but not the one I plan to do). Edited February 7, 2017 by sapperastro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Greg, I've got the Phil Listeman book on RAF Mk IVs so I'll have a look in there & see if it gives any info on CV-P. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) Hi Greg, nothing in the Listeman book on CV-P, I'm guessing you're referring to the earlier machine thus coded, serial KH677 but quite a bit on it on another of the 3 sqn pages which I linked to earlier, this one, still in ANA colours but a third camo scheme which appears to have had very limited application of which CV-P ( CV-◊ later) was one, the page has a profile of this machine. Steve. Edited February 7, 2017 by stevehnz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Were all RAF green & grey Mustangs painted in the USA? I am specifically wondering about a Scotland based Mustang III in early 1945. It would be quite refreshing to use the US colo(u)rs, but I'd rather my model was right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'll defer to someone more expert than me on that one Jamie, I've not read much re Northern Europe ones. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I believe they were all painted in the USA before delivery, but what happened after that is another matter. I've seen a statement that ones in the UK were repainted, although I don't really understand why, and did not have the distinct pattern seen in the ME. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapperastro Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Thank you Steve! I cannot believe I missed that page earlier when I was looking through the website.Thanks again for making my modeling life much easier mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Maybe you've seen them already but Red Roo do decals for this aircraft in 1/48 & 1/72. Fwiw its worth, the camo plan in the instructions doesn't quite agree with the TO scheme on the 3 sqn websit, not too far away though. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapperastro Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Yes indeed. I have those decals here and they are the set which is going on the finished model. As stated on the website you linked to, the exact scheme is not known due to the dearth of pictures for the aircraft, which is actually good as it allows me some artistic license. Looking forward to forging ahead now. Thanks again mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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