Pat C Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Grateful for any thoughts on this please - looks like a light grey upper surface and maybe black lower surface but hoping someone has a more definitive view!! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Pat when I made mine I only found dark green uppers and black below My Wasp had grey blades though These tallied with all the research photos I could find, hope that helps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Ah yes now you mention it I was looking at Wasp pictures and assuming the Scout would have the same colour blades- I took some good pics of the Scout rotor head when I visited Middle Wallop last year but can’t make out the blade colour due to the poor light 🙄 Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Every Scout picture I have that shows the blades has green above black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 That the Air Graphics sets you got there on your Scout? Looks nice - am doing one myself hence the question!! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 That Air-Graphics set looks very good but mine was made with oddandsods from my transfers stores. The unit badge was a home brew from a web-found picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Dear Pat Air Graphics decals are brilliant, I have some on my Wasp over on the WIP sectio. regards Toby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Just picked this up. I’ll have a look at the middle wallop one tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I’ve had a look at the HAAF Scouts this morning and as Perdu says above. Blade lower surface is black. The upper surface is green (same shade as the camo). The leading edge of the blades are a very dark brown probably an inch in depth which looks like erosion rather than a protective strip aka Gazelle. There is a fine line (cream) of sealant around the 3 sides of the trim tab. The rotor head and mast are all green. anything else drop me a line. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 Many thanks @speedy I took this pic last year and reckoned the rotor mast and blade arms were dark grey (compare to the camo green) but again the light isn't great in TAFM. You reckon it's more of a green colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 My take would be on the rotor-head and transmission casings being Dark Admiralty Grey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 52 minutes ago, Pat C said: Many thanks @speedy I took this pic last year and reckoned the rotor mast and blade arms were dark grey (compare to the camo green) but again the light isn't great in TAFM. You reckon it's more of a green colour? I’ll double check again tomorrow. They’ve got 2 in at the mo so will look at both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, JosephLalor said: My take would be on the rotor-head and transmission casings being Dark Admiralty Grey. That was exactly my thought - but I can see how that could look green in that light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 It is green in the majority of the Scout pictures in my research archive but that one does look a bit of the dark grey side, was it an airframe that had been painted in the later grey/green scheme I wonder? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 @perdu yes indeed it is in the green and medium grey scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I have a load of shots of Scout rotor transmissions and some do look very dark grey but mostly like these Green and grey here Green and dark earth here And this one was green and black I recall Not any use for the shaft and gear but it looks as if they got an overall splash of colour after main servicing happened and this one does look like a dark grey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I had a second look today and both look dark green. So based on the above you can’t really be wrong..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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