German Eurofighter Colors...need help please...

[yeehah1]

05-06-2008

Hi guys, I am just about to start the Revell 1/48 kit and was wondering if anyone has the equivalents to the Revell mix'n'match call-outs? Specifically the cockpit area and the color "D" listed as light grey....

Any help appreciated

Liam

[hatchet]

I think the pit is (dark?) admirality grey. For Revell #371, perhaps this is helpful?

HTH

[andym]

05-06-2008

Hi guys, I am just about to start the Revell 1/48 kit and was wondering if anyone has the equivalents to the Revell mix'n'match call-outs? Specifically the cockpit area and the color "D" listed as light grey....

Any help appreciated

Liam

Not sure about the pit, though RAF ones are Dark Admiralty Grey. I've seen refs which state fuselage is FS36320 with RAL7030 radome but not 100% sure of this.

HTH

Andy

[Giorgio N]

I'm pretty sure the pits are in dark admiralty grey for all the users.

Liam, I don't have the kit so I don't know what parts are supposed to be in the light grey you mention. Can you be more specific ? The colours scheme is FS 35237 for both german and austrian Typhoons, with the radome in BS626 Camouflage grey .

Giorgio

[Bobski]

The 'pits are all built at Salmesbury and I believe that they are all the same, ie a mix of dark admiralty grey and matt black (for the panels etc)

[Oliver]

I'm pretty sure the pits are in dark admiralty grey for all the users.

Liam, I don't have the kit so I don't know what parts are supposed to be in the light grey you mention. Can you be more specific ? The colours scheme is FS 35237 for both german and austrian Typhoons, with the radome in BS626 Camouflage grey .

Giorgio

This, FS35237, is correct, pretty much the same colour they used on the upper surface of their F-4F's.

[yeehah1]

I'm pretty sure the pits are in dark admiralty grey for all the users.

Liam, I don't have the kit so I don't know what parts are supposed to be in the light grey you mention. Can you be more specific ? The colours scheme is FS 35237 for both german and austrian Typhoons, with the radome in BS626 Camouflage grey .

Giorgio

07-06-2008

Hey Giorgio: I am looking at the leading edges and the edge of the tail fin

Liam

[spike7451]

A friend sent me this interesting scheme.

Merv

[Giorgio N]

I haven't found any official description of the colour for those parts of the fin. However they seem to be on both the italian and the german machines of the same colour of the radomes. Therefore I'd use BS 626 camouflage grey for these. The radomes are built all in the same colour by the same company for all the Eurofighters.

Giorgio

[thx6667]

I haven't found any official description of the colour for those parts of the fin. However they seem to be on both the italian and the german machines of the same colour of the radomes. Therefore I'd use BS 626 camouflage grey for these. The radomes are built all in the same colour by the same company for all the Eurofighters.

Giorgio

On the RAF Typhoons the leading edges and the fin top are specified FS 595B 36314.

One thing of note for anyone making the RAF versions from the kit is that the stencilling isn't quite right - it may have based on some older BAe drawings, the most notable thing is that the kit has several "NO STEP" markings for the wing whereas the aircraft have a Dark Camouflage Grey walkway line with "DO NOT STEP OUTSIDE THIS AREA" inboard.

[F3 Demon]

If you check-out Don Color web site www.jpsmodell.de they quote FS 36320 overall with RAL 7030 for the radome.

hope this helps

Ian S

[Giorgio N]

From what I know in this case Don Color got it wrong. However from a modelling point of view, using the 35237 straight out of the tin can give a finish that looks too dark, so using a 36320 can match some pictures better.

As for the radomes etc, FS 36314 is supposed to be the US FS equivalent to RAF camouflage (or barley) grey, so all the info seem to match.

Giorgio