Wizball Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I'm sitting here with a Italieri Wessex HAS.3 and I'm trying to find out what color the blue in the yellow/blue pre-Falkland scheme *really* is. The box features several schemes, this being two of them: ...and in that picture and color callout they claim these are *different* blues, top one being RAF blue-grey (Italieri being their usual helpful selves only give Model Master paint numbers) and bottom one "True blue". But when I scour the internet I see a lot of model choppers painted Yellow/blue-gray, so the bottom scheme should really be the *same* blue as the top one. Anyone better than me at Falkland-era British color schemes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Im not the expert but i thought that it might be Oxford blue ? The true experts on the type can be found in these two threads. @Tramatoa, @Scimitar, & others. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235046186-flying-a-council-house-from-the-upstairs-loo/ https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235047611-those-other-wessex/ Hope these help you ? Dennis Edited February 16, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizball Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Wow, lot of nice photos in those threads - apparently Wessex has been painted in every color imaginable over the years... Second thread I saw this: Which do mostly look like blue-grey, perhaps? I'm not familiar enough with the colors to tell for sure if that's Oxford blue instead Did find this: where some claim they were never painted in Oxford, only Lynxes were. Edited February 16, 2019 by Wizball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Wizball said: I'm trying to find out what color the blue in the yellow/blue RAF Blue Grey.BS633. Best example I've found is here: https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/collections/colourcoats-sea-british/products/acrn19-raf-blue-grey-bs633 The Wessex in British service was never painted in Oxford Blue. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Wizball said: so the bottom scheme should really be the *same* blue as the top one. The top one should be dark sea grey (or EDSG?) There will be a couple of Fleet Air Arm bods along shortly and they probably know more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizball Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, Scimitar said: The top one should be dark sea grey (or EDSG?) There will be a couple of Fleet Air Arm bods along shortly and they probably know more Of course! That was the missing piece - when I started to assume the top one was blue grey I was led astray. Thank you - blue grey it is. A rather striking scheme, I thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Be warned/advised It can bite Another vote for the Colourcoats paints, the RAF Blue Grey equates perfectly with my old jar of Compucolor2 RAFBG It isnt the RAFBG that bites, guess which colour bit me several very painful and obvious times* But no doubt about it, it is a fabulous scheme *no that is an unfair question, nobody can tell which scars seared my soul... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Scimitar said: The Wessex in British service was never painted in Oxford Blue. 6 hours ago, Scimitar said: The top one should be dark sea grey (or EDSG?) 6 hours ago, Wizball said: Of course! That was the missing piece - when I started to assume the top one was blue grey I was led astray. It was just a best guess, happy to learn the true color and more about the Wessex. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Ned Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) According to Burden et al Falklands - the Air War (BARG, 1986), all (bar one) of 737NAS' helos were painted in RAF Blue-Grey overall, with yellow upper surfaces. Those aircraft deployed south had their yellow upper surfaces and white markings overpainted with RAF Blue-Grey, with black "ROYAL NAVY" and serials, and amended roundels. Edited February 17, 2019 by Our Ned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I'm pretty certain that"Humphrey" is painted in all-over RAFBlueGrey, it does not look like Extra Dark Sea Grey to me I suggest you should check the excellent walk around on our own site, page 4 of the Rotary Wing walkarounds especially details XP142 Humphrey, trust me it is RAFBlue Grey all over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I’d be amazed if Humph is anything other than RAF BG. The yellow top was painted out on the way south by the flight; they would havehad RAF BG to hand... but not much else. The profile innthe original post diesn’t help, because the blue of the lower aircraft is WAY too blue; it does almost look like Oxford Blue in that drawing, but it;s wrong. Only the early Lynx was painted Oxford Blue, and that;s a totally different colour. Definitely RAF BG for your Wessex 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: I’d be amazed if Humph is anything other than RAF BG. The yellow top was painted out on the way south by the flight; they would havehad RAF BG to hand... but not much else. The profile innthe original post diesn’t help, because the blue of the lower aircraft is WAY too blue; it does almost look like Oxford Blue in that drawing, but it;s wrong. Only the early Lynx was painted Oxford Blue, and that;s a totally different colour. Definitely RAF BG for your Wessex 3 The Blue in the bottom picture reminds me of the blue used on the RAN Wessex Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Crisp is right, RN Wessex 3s were RAF Blue Grey throughout their lives, for a long (non combat) period they had the yellow top decking for hi vis for such inconvenient events as ditching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Inconvenient and regular. Single engine dunking at night. Hmmm. What could possibly go wrong? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Probably have been better to bung a couple of Gnomes in... oh 😜 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizball Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Have to thank everyone again for their helpful contributions! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Was the radome on these blue too, or black ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Generally speaking the radome was the same colour as the main airframe, RAF blue/grey. Edited February 27, 2019 by 71chally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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