Vinster Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hello all, I'm planning on building the Hobby-Boss F-5e which was with the VMFT-401 Squadron 2006 and looking at the paint scheme I'm hoping to use Mr Color paints but upon looking at the colour recommendations they don't seem to equivocate to the scheme shown. Any advice or should I just stick with the listed colours for example the colour they named as Intermediate gray but in me color they ask for number 72 which is intermediate blue. I'm a bit confused by the ordeal and wonder if the scheme is brighter with more contrast than that shown on the sheet or they have just got their colours wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I would take those Hobbyboss colour suggestions with a big grain of salt. Apparently this one was painted in, from darkest to lightest colour, FS35237 (Mr. Color 337), FS36375 (Mr. Color 308) and FS36495 (Mr. Color 338). There's even a masking set for this scheme: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aeromasks-am72-f516-f-5e-n-usa-vmft401-01red--1168668 No idea how good these sets are, though, I've never used them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 There’s a website with all the aggressor schemes, I’ll post it in the morning 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinster Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Creepy Pete said: I would take those Hobbyboss colour suggestions with a big grain of salt. Apparently this one was painted in, from darkest to lightest colour, FS35237 (Mr. Color 337), FS36375 (Mr. Color 308) and FS36495 (Mr. Color 338). There's even a masking set for this scheme: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aeromasks-am72-f516-f-5e-n-usa-vmft401-01red--1168668 No idea how good these sets are, though, I've never used them. Thank you, I will take a look at these 10 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said: There’s a website with all the aggressor schemes, I’ll post it in the morning Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) @Vinster here we go http://users.skynet.be/exotic.planes/htm/other/schemes.htm once you l know the codes the internet should find you paints to match Edited December 27, 2019 by PhantomBigStu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinster Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Creepy Pete said: I would take those Hobbyboss colour suggestions with a big grain of salt. Apparently this one was painted in, from darkest to lightest colour, FS35237 (Mr. Color 337), FS36375 (Mr. Color 308) and FS36495 (Mr. Color 338). There's even a masking set for this scheme: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aeromasks-am72-f516-f-5e-n-usa-vmft401-01red--1168668 No idea how good these sets are, though, I've never used them. Would the grain of salt be the same my Lynx from them but saying that all the colours suggests seem ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinster Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 3 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said: @Vinster here we go http://users.skynet.be/exotic.planes/htm/other/schemes.htm once you l know the codes the internet should find you paints to match Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinster Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 17 hours ago, Creepy Pete said: I would take those Hobbyboss colour suggestions with a big grain of salt. Apparently this one was painted in, from darkest to lightest colour, FS35237 (Mr. Color 337), FS36375 (Mr. Color 308) and FS36495 (Mr. Color 338). There's even a masking set for this scheme: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aeromasks-am72-f516-f-5e-n-usa-vmft401-01red--1168668 No idea how good these sets are, though, I've never used them. This is brilliant - I just realised it is the exact aircraft I am painting so Im gonna stick with these recommended colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meindert Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 assuming this is about the 1/72 F-5E Hobbyboss kit a remark that the kit has one serious error: the windshield is about 30% too short! Look my webpage here: https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/f5-72/f5-72-6.htm Correction is possible. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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