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German Marineflieger Paint Set (A.MIG-7243)

AMMO of Mig Jiménez

 

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Germany was one of the primary partners in the Panavia Tornado Multi-Role Combat Aircraft project in the 70s, reaching service toward the end of the decade with some users, and in the 80s for others.  They ordered over a hundred airframes to replace their ageing Starfighter fleet, providing the maritime attack and reconnaissance roles, carrying Kormoran anti-ship missiles amongst their other munitions. They also operated Westland Mk.88 Lynxes in the anti-surface role, serving from the 80s with a brief break due to some stress cracks in the fuselage, and due to be replaced by the NH.90 in due course.

 

This four-paint set arrives in a clear clamshell box with a card header with some colour use suggestions on the rear in the form of three-view profiles of the aircraft.  Inside are four bottles that are best described as murky and mostly grey.  Each bottle contains 17ml of paint that is dispensed by a dropper that is found under the yellow screw-top cap.  Inside each bottle is a little stirring ball that rattles when agitated.  AMMO paints separate quite readily as you can see from the box photo, so having a ball in the bottle makes mixing them a lot easier.  We’re all familiar with the quality of AMMO paints by now, and they have a pretty good reputation amongst us modellers, and dry a little slower than some of the competition, which can be of benefit when hand painting details.

 

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The paints are as follows:

 

A.MIG-0249 FS34086 ANA 613/RAL 7009

A.MIG-0235 FS36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 RAL 7012

A.MIG-0226 FS36622 Grey RAL 7035

A.MIG-0227 FS25042 Sea Blue ANA 606/RAL 5008

 

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The bottles all look rather similar when they have been allowed to separate in their carton, but once agitated the differences become apparent.  You may want to pick up or already have white or dark grey/black to modulate the other shades to depict fading, or to create a darker shade to paint a base onto which the pure and lightened colours can be applied.  All the older Tornado kits, as well as the new Revell kits will be a great base to paint yourself a German Tornado.

 

 

Conclusion

If you want to create a German Maritime aircraft from the 60, 70s and onward, this set is going to be very useful to take away any guesswork when it comes time for paint.

 

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PLz note, for the Marineflieger (and Luftwaffe) F-104 you need RAL 9006 silver for the bottom color, not RAL 7035.

The early Marineflieger F-104 have the same camouflage pattern like the Luftwaffe, RAL 7012, RAL 6014, RAL 9006. Later it was changed to 7012 on top and 9006 at bottom.

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