rs2man Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I'm currently building the Airfix Hampden & want to fit a pair of bombs to the underwing bomb carriers . The instructions tell you to paint them yellow - is this correct ? It seems overly bright to me . Any assistance on this would be much appreciated . John Green Nantwich , Cheshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 There were yellow but it was not a bright yellow, it was closer to a buff. They certainly did stand out against the black of a night bomber and as a result occasionally some were roughly painted black with those in a bomb bay having only their lower halves painted black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Aeronut said: There were yellow but it was not a bright yellow, it was closer to a buff. They certainly did stand out against the black of a night bomber and as a result occasionally some were roughly painted black with those in a bomb bay having only their lower halves painted black. Thanks for the info . I'll go for a buff or stone colour , which should look much better . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Can't get the image to show but here's the link. Notice how scruffy they are. https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F90%2Fb6%2F18%2F90b618d1187bf0eb870273e360413f52.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.co.uk%2Fpin%2F238550111489497146%2F&docid=Z-sCZf-kDdeW_M&tbnid=PZiyqbNim76m7M%3A&vet=1&w=1000&h=1190&itg=1&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim Edited February 14, 2018 by noelh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Humbrol 81 Pale Yellow is a good colour for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Here you go with Noelh's pic. Light stone would be the first thing I reach for I think Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Thank you for all the help , gentlemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Like this: Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 RAF practice bombs (donated by the Bomb Dispersal Unit at RAF Wittering) Sywell Museum, Northants USAAF practice bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The yellow colour is Light Buff, so something around Humbrol 7 will put you in the ball park. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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