haroldk Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) Hello, I am building an Indian Air Force Jaguar IM kit in 1/72. What I am after is the colour called Tipnis grey. I had a gent on another forum respond and says its close to Humbrol Hu127 and FS36275. Problem is I cannot find an FS 36275. I have a FS 36375, but am not 100% sure if it was a typo. I have access to Model Master, Vallejo, Tamiya, Mr. Color paints as well as a few more. Thanks in advance for any tips. Harold Vancouver, Canada Edited July 3, 2019 by haroldk mistyped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Baer Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 FS 36375 is Light Compass Ghost Grey. Hu127 is described as US Ghost Grey. I'm not able to find any reference to FS 36275, so I'd be inclined to say typo from the original source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT7567 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Doing a bit of Google-fu it seems "Tipnis Gray" is the new monochromatic gray being adopted for various Indian combat types. The name apparently comes from the former Chief of the Air Staff who reportedly selected the color. It's hard, if not impossible, to judge accurately from photos alone, but I suspect the FS595 color match may be closer to 36270 (commonly referred to as Neutral Gray) rather than 36375 (Light Ghost Gray = Humbrol 127). There's not an exact Humbrol match for 36270 but Tamiya XF-20 or XF-53 are close equivalents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 21 hours ago, haroldk said: I am building an Indian Air Force Jaguar IM kit in 1/72. What I am after is the colour called Tipnis grey. I had a gent on another forum respond and says its close to Humbrol Hu127 and FS36275. Problem is I cannot find an FS 36275. I have a FS 36375, but am not 100% sure if it was a typo. One chap who may well know is @Linescriber this should give him notification. PS @nubrawarriors may know as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CT7567 said: It's hard, if not impossible, to judge accurately from photos alone, but I suspect the FS595 color match may be closer to 36270 (commonly referred to as Neutral Gray) rather than 36375 (Light Ghost Gray = Humbrol 127). There's not an exact Humbrol match for 36270 but Tamiya XF-20 or XF-53 are close equivalents. Ah, the elusive IAF 'Tipnis Grey' ... which appears to look different in every photo one looks at! For what it is worth, I went for Xtracolour FS 36270 Neutral Gray for my IAF Hawk and, with the same light and background, it still looks different in the two photos below Edited July 3, 2019 by Vultures1 Add photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 The Tipnis Grey looks remarkably similar to the Soviet shade used on the MiG-25, 31 etc. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linescriber Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 XF 20 does it for me, here's a reasonably lit comparison with RAF types, may be of help?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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