ted angus Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Gents, could anyone please tell me the correct grey for the pair of Islanders based at Northolt. regards TED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) Ted, Firstly, you realise that they don't actually exist...😉...... Well, at least they don't now as they've been replaced by a pair of Piper Navajos. Anyway on a more serious note (personally) I would go for BS626 Camouflage Grey. In the Xtracolour range as X17. But with a matt varnish. Edited April 18, 2019 by keithjs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I’d say darker than Camouflage grey, I’d go Medium Sea Grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, Dave Fleming said: I’d say darker than Camouflage grey, I’d go Medium Sea Grey You may be right, but is MSG still in the current BS range? Plus there's also Dark Camo grey BS629, X36 in the Xtracolor range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, keithjs said: You may be right, but is MSG still in the current BS range? Plus there's also Dark Camo grey BS629, X36 in the Xtracolor range. Yes, the Tornado Gr4s were in that scheme, as are the Navy's Merlins amongst others Edited April 18, 2019 by Dave Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Is it BS637, have a look at the AAC Hataka range of paints. http://hataka-hobby.com/products/orange-line-british-aac-helicopters-paint-set/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 12:36 PM, keithjs said: Ted, Firstly, you realise that they don't actually exist...😉...... Well, at least they don't now as they've been replaced by a pair of Piper Navajos. I thought that No.5 Squadron had taken over their duties with their Shadow R.1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Truro Model Builder said: I thought that No.5 Squadron had taken over their duties with their Shadow R.1s. No, the Shadow’s role is believed to be similar to the overland surveillance, command and control role the Nimrod did on operations. (They are now operated by 14 Squadron). The Northolt Station Flight Aircraft were always domestic rolled (and probably only nominally RAF, lots of evidence they were operated for MI5/GCHQ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Islander AL1 ZG993 has recently gone on display at the Army Flying Museum, Middle Wallop. There you can learn about the aircraft’s roles of liaison, photo recce, and Signals Intelligence gathering. You can also get close enough to see that it is painted in TWO shades of grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 The Army ones were in two shades, but the RAF ones were a single shade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 17 hours ago, Dave Fleming said: No, the Shadow’s role is believed to be similar to the overland surveillance, command and control role the Nimrod did on operations. (They are now operated by 14 Squadron). The Northolt Station Flight Aircraft were always domestic rolled (and probably only nominally RAF, lots of evidence they were operated for MI5/GCHQ) Thanks, Dave. I'd quite forgotten that the Shadow flight had been spun off and raised to squadron status. I wouldn't be surprised if the Shadow does have a secondary domestic role, however. Occasionally one will appear on ADS-B flight tracking websites undertaking a circular flight pattern somewhere over the UK for a couple of hours. Presumably they are doing something Secret Squirrel -either that or the rudder has become jammed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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