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Italian Orpheous Pod


franky boy

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Hello chaps.

 

Just wondering if someone could tell me what colour Italian Orpheous were painted when hung underneath Starfighters?

 

I don't think they're the same colour as the underside of the aircraft i.e. silver or silver/grey. Would a very light grey such as FS36375more appropriate?

 

Thanks

 

James

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Hi Franky Boy,

 

You might want to look up some Mode Decal sheets for the F-104s.  If I'm not mistaken, there is some color info somewhere on one of their sheets.

 

Hope this helps,

 

WARDOG

 

 

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These were delivered in RAL7001 Silbergrau from the Dutch factory, since that was the then current shade on the lower surfaces on our RF-104G's that they were intended for.

 

Judging from photographs of Italian recce Starfighters, these were not repainted by the AMI. 

 

HTH!,

 

Andre

 

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note that there are different shaped Orpheus pods. The Italian pod is different than for example the one seen on Dutch jets .

(the big 1/32 Italeri F-104 has the Italian type in the kit)

 

As Andre noted, check with the IPMS.NL walk around for the Dutch one.

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