What colour is the blue in WW2 RAF roundels?

[Jazzy Jase]

What colour is the blue in WW2 RAF roundels and who makes an acrylic paint to match it? I need to do a little touch-up on a decal that went wrong.

Cheers,

Jason

[Doug Rogers]

Not sure about Acrylic, but I know White Ensign Models do British roundel blue in enamel.

[Julien]

xtracolor do a roundel blue in enamal, not sure anyone does it in acrylic.

If its a one time deal for a decal just mix a tiny amount to suit, otherwise find a way to weather where the problems is?

Or you could ask on the trading forum if anyone has a spare decal.

Julien

Edited January 23, 2009 by Julien

[Jazzy Jase]

Thanks for the tips. The decal itself was not broken, it just wasn't covering a raised area very well, so I cut around it. It was only a very small area so I touched it up using Vallejo Model Air 87 - Dark Sea Blue.

According to IPMS Stockholm, RAF roundel blue is called "Dull Blue Insignia" and matches FS:35044. My conversion chart matches that to Vallejo Model Air 91 - Insignia Blue, but this looked too dark against the decal.

[Mike]

For completeness, Phoenix Precision Paints do a full range of roundel colors in light & standard shades... again, like WEM they're enamels

[avro683]

Lifecolor do a "roundel blue" in acrylic. Not sure of the number but I'll lok it up and post here later.

Tony