Zack Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Friday. This has been a long week. Anyone out there who can give my friend 🥸 advise on what Tamiya color to use for the cockpit and body? Tamiya's own instruction has the cockpit down as XF-19 and body as TS-48. The Decal sheet suggests FS 36118 for the body (Lakenheath 2019) TGIF! Zack  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 TS-48 is indeed FS36118 Gunship Gray, which is the allover colour of the Beagle. Cockpit colour is FS36321 on the real thing, of which XF-54 is closer to than XF-19 if it must be Tamiya. Â Cheers, Â Andre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Thank you very much Andre! Weekend is saved Stay safe, stay sane & Happy Modelling! Very best regards! Zack  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT7567 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 TS-48 is a pretty close equivalent for FS36118 but a touch darker than the official color. Tamiya has since released AS-27 ("Gunship Gray 2" in Tamiya's nomenclature) which is a more exact match to the FS 595 standard.  Small correction, the cockpit color is officially FS36231 (informally known as "dark gull gray"). No disagreement on XF-54 being a much better match than XF-19. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 One doubt, the cockpits of the F-15E Strike Eagles weren't Black or dark gray ? SouthViper from Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 10 hours ago, SouthViper said: One doubt, the cockpits of the F-15E Strike Eagles weren't Black or dark gray ? FS36231 on all I have seen. F-15I Ra'ams do have black pits, though. Â Cheers, Â Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Oh! That's it. Thank you for your help.  SouthViper from Brazil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 One thing I did see was the fact the radome is a very slightly different colour from the airframe   Also they use a slightly lighter colour doing touch ups  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seawinder Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Yes, because the radome is not painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Seawinder said: Yes, because the radome is not painted. exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Also, it has been known to happen that, since the parts are identical, E's were fitted with C/D radomes and vice versa. Â Cheers, Â Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 12 hours ago, Hook said: Also, it has been known to happen that, since the parts are identical, E's were fitted with C/D radomes and vice versa. Â Cheers, Â Andre Have seen E models with various grey panels from C models at Lakenheath, rudders, flaps, airbrakes etc. Â A friend even photographed one flying without the side fuel tanks for some reason. We thought it was a B/D at first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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