Phartycr0c Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Im currently building an 1 32 GR4 Op Telic bird ZG 714 "truffle snufflers" BUT Im now totally confused as to the colour scheme. During my "research" I tracked down a book Tornado by Peter Foster, in which there is a chapter dedicated to op Telic birds. I am aware that during Op Granby the GR1's were painted in ARTF desert pink, but in this chapter there is a passage which states "these [Tornado GR4A's ZG 710 713 &714 ] and all further departures to the Gulf were painted in the 'ARTF' baby blue temporary finish, although all of the jets retained their individual squadron code allocations". From the (few) images I have been able to track down of this bird it definately looks standard grey although the actual markings are a sort of powder / light blue and faded pink ish type stuff. Is it the marks that the ARTF baby blue is referring to or am I missing sommat. Could someone shed some light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) It's a temporary finish that can be washed off with alkali based soap however it's not a definative colour as it will fade & change slightly when applied & also in the hot climate.It's also sprayed on over a darker grey so it will look 'funny'.If you look at some photo's you can see where the markings have been blanked off before spraying as you can see the darker colour thru the stencil. Check my sticky; My sticky Edited September 22, 2008 by spike7451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Very Many thanks for that quick reply. I have seen your sticky but the term Baby Blue really threw a spanner in the works. Now the next question is arouns stencilling. It appears from many topside shots that I can find, that the dotted walkway and no step stencils are missing from the GR4 and 4A's and in fact stencilling is kept to a minimum throughout the aircraft with the exception of the major warning marks, ejectior seat jet blast lift points etc. is this right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Yup,I gather it was costing the MoD too muchso they keep them to a minumum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 The 'blue' is Camouflage Grey (nee Barley Grey) - it looked a little blue, but that may just be that batch of ARTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Happy with that Ta very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 The 'blue' is Camouflage Grey (nee Barley Grey) - it looked a little blue, but that may just be that batch of ARTF More like the paint shop forgot to wash out the sprayguns!lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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