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Hi everyone,
I'm going to join to the GB, with this Kitty Hawk kit:

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to make this Etendard IVP:

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Source: www.fox-two.com

 

I need your help about the colors choice for camouflage,
I plan to use:

  • for the Celomar 6346-2204 either The Gunze H-305 (Gray FS36118) or the Tamiya XF-53 (Neutral Grey)
  • for the Celomar 6346-2274 the Gunze H-337 (Grayish Blue FS35237

What do you think?

 

To start, as usual, a quick look inside the box:

 

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That’s a nice collection of parts and the decal sheet looks great too. Now I’m no colour consultant, however would think that FS 36118 (Gunship Grey) is too dark to apply, especially on a scaled down model. The small colour image of the real aircraft above would suggest a blue-ish tinged grey for the lighter colour and a mid grey for the darker one. Colour is always a contentious issue, however having used 36118 a number of times I don’t think you’d be happy with that. Hopefully someone will be on to guide both of us further. 

 

Cheers and all the best.. Dave 

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On 23/02/2023 at 03:18, Rod The Fixer said:

I need your help about the colors choice for camouflage,
I plan to use:

  • for the Celomar 6346-2204 either The Gunze H-305 (Gray FS36118) or the Tamiya XF-53 (Neutral Grey)
  • for the Celomar 6346-2274 the Gunze H-337 (Grayish Blue FS35237

Hi Rod,

 

I’m building a Super Etendard in the same scheme. I’ve read and was planning to use BSC 640 extra dark sea grey (so Gunze’s 333) for the darker grey and yes FS35237 blue-grey (or grey-blue!) for the lighter colour.

 

Gerard

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On 3/18/2023 at 12:06 AM, Hewy said:

Smashing job rod, i seem to remember when i built mine in the at sea gb a couple of years ago that the  cockpit is so  tiny and i couldn't fit an aftermarket seat and pilot

Thanks Hewy,

To improve the cockpit dials i ordered the Anyz decal (the original decals was useless)... I hope to achieve a good result

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The Engine "SNECMA Atar" ...

 

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Assembling fuselage ...

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Lovley  work, and photography rod,please forgive me if  you already know (but haven't got round to it yet )the  gun troughs  on the underside of the  fuselage need filling in for the ivp version,  they were blanked over 👍

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13 hours ago, Hewy said:

Lovley  work, and photography rod,please forgive me if  you already know (but haven't got round to it yet )the  gun troughs  on the underside of the  fuselage need filling in for the ivp version,  they were blanked over 👍

In fact, I had realised this, but without your warning I would have forgotten to correct it before painting....

 

Thanks for the tip.

👍

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The plane after a layer of "primer" ...

 

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By using pre-shading, I tried to make the colour less uniform.

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Before painting the top surface of the plane ... this is the result of the bottom surface ...

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