Luftwaffe pilot uniform colour

[Pagey]

Morning,

 

I have been working on the 1/32 ICM Falco which comes with 3 pilot figures.  The colour calls out for the uniform is XF25  (Tamiya) which doesnt look right to me.  Any suggestions?

 

20201228_095735 by Richard Page, on Flickr

 

Edited December 28, 2020 by Pagey

[Black Knight]

RAF uniforms were the same colour. The material for both uniforms initially came from the same source.

Humbrol 96 or Humbrol 144 are good

[Pagey]

Thanks Black Knight, I will have a look at those colours

[redcap]

Tamiya XF-50 (Field Blue) is also a very close match for RAT/Luftwaffe uniform blue. Don't rely on the paper colour chart 'chip'which is always shown too blue but look instead, at a picture of the actual bottle for the correct colour.

 

No idea what they were thinking of with recommending XF-25...??

 

Gary

[Pagey]

Thanks Redcap. Tried mr hobby intermediate blue and it looks good to my eye.

 

[nimrod484]

Vallejo do a German Luftwaffe uniform.