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    1/72nd AMX from Italeri

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted · Edited by Pete57

    Does anyone know what color the lower part of the cockpit of the ItAF AMX happens to be?
    In color pictures, it appears to be a blue-gray, slightly darker than the exterior color.

    The exterior color, at least to my untrained eye, seems to have been extended to the upper part of the cockpit interior.

    From what I could glean, the exterior color should be FS 36280 "GRIGIO CIELO MEDIO" per Table 1 (list of colors) of Publication AER(EP).M-P-100.

    There are three more grays listed in Table 1, specifically, Dark Gray "GRIGIO SCURO" FS36081, Dark, Sky Gray "GRIGIO CIELO SCURO" FS36152, and Light Sky Gray "GRIGIO CIELO CHIARO" FS36314.

    FS36314 should be the most likely candidate, given its closeness (FS595-wise) to FS36280, but I'm gonna leave the final word to the experts...

     

    TIA

    Pete57

    1/72nd AMX from Italeri

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted

    What really annoys me is that, despite the relatively high price, slats and flaps are not separate parts and on the real aircraft, when parked (no hydraulic pressure), they are down!😠

     

    Reckon Italeri has decided to give business to the aftermarket manufacturers...😏

    Aado Ar-234 NASM landing gear bay color

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by Pete57

    Hi SafetyDad,

     

    Could it be one of the RLM 79 Variants?

     

    And in your opinion, would this apply just to the NASM airframe, or could it be an Arado's approved practice, perhaps applied to the production from a given Werknummer on?

     

    Thanks for your input.

     

    Regards.

     

    Pete57

    Aado Ar-234 NASM landing gear bay color

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    The caption to a picture on page 69 of ARADO 234 BLITZ, by J.R.Smith and E.J.Creek, Monogram Monarch - 1, states " When NASM staff were working on the interior of the undercarriage stowage bay they found this unusual buff color ".

     

    I thought RLM 02 or un-painted were the only options, but the evidence shows otherwise. Can any Luftwaffe color expert cast some light?

     

    T.i.a.

    Three 1/72 RAF pilots and ground crew, resin (3D printed?) sets on Etsy

    in The Rumourmonger

    F-35B Main Landing Gear struts color

    in Aircraft Modern

    Posted

    22 hours ago, 72modeler said:

    Pete,

     

    See if this helps a little. My favorite version, too! I have the Hasegawa "beast mode" kit, and I can't wait to hang all that nasty stuff under it- looks really mean, but VERY unstealthy!

    Mike

     

    https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-35/f-35b_profile01.shtml

    Hi 72modeller

     

    it helps and I have already downloaded the full MIL-STD-2161 in pdf.

     

    What I was referring to is just the color of the upper part of ALL the landing gear struts (I've since found out it applies to all the three members, not just the MLG).

     

    Check out the following links (F-35B)

     

    Wiki MLG

     

    Wiki NLG

     

    ...and compare the color of the same details in the F-35A...

     

    Wiki

     

    ...and F-35C

     

    rocketumbl.tumblr.com

     

    Pete

     

    F-35B Main Landing Gear struts color

    in Aircraft Modern

    Posted

    I've been Google-image searching pic's of various details of the F-35B, in order to accurately build Italeri's 1/72 scale kit.

     

    I've noticed that, unlike the F-35A and F-35C, the F-35B's top portion of the main landing gear struts is painted what appears to be a medium/dark (metallic?) grey, instead of the customary gloss white.

     

    Can someone cast some light, i.e. FS color?

     

    TIA

     

    Pete

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