French WW2 aircraft paints?

if i can, i'll score them for you. did you check squadron? welcome back to building!

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what color white was used for their surrender flags?

I knew it was inevitable for this tasteless joke to appear, and deliberately avoided it in my post, even in jest, so that *perhaps* some of the French contingent might see fit to supply. Thanks for torpedoing that, Mr highty-tighty schmock.

Hi e, yup I'll have to check US places now too, I thought going to the source was the quickest, and I see the Xtracolor range consists of a lot of stuff that is discontinued and/or in limited supply.

let me know if i can help. we can ask rufus if the shop in lancaster carries xtracolor. rufus? non of the mastemodeler match?

isn't humbrol french, these days? the paint game can sure get weird....

He e, I found on the White Ensign Models website that their Colourcoats range covers French WW2 aircraft as well. I don't see an exact one-to-one correspondence (nor easy possibility to cross-reference) for all my needs, so I've emailed them and expect a reply soon. In any case I want to buy some Colourcoats so this is a boon.

Modelmaster does have French colours but I don't know how they match to the FS numbers cited. Interestingly, I still have some old Humbrol French colours and they do NOT match any of the Modelmaster, name for name.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

lmk if i can help. we'll get you hooked up.

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I'm still awaiting a rely from WEM on those paints...

'k.

gee, the box is new.....uh.

Kits too. I was looking into the 'new' Aoshima 1/144th Dinah and discovered it is likely to be the latest boxing for the old Imai kit. That's the third different company to sell those Japanese twins.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

in article snipped-for-privacy@aikishugyo.dnsdojo.org, Gernot Hassenpflug at snipped-for-privacy@coda.ocn.ne.jp wrote on 6/4/08 12:32 PM:

You might check out Urban Fredriksson's color charts at IPMS Stockholm. Part 1:

2: France section: He gives some Humbrol references. Note that the color Pegasus calls Khaki (30099) seems actually to have been called Brun Chocolat, and there's another Khaki, more like Olive Drab, used mainly through 1938.

Pip Moss

in article snipped-for-privacy@aikishugyo.dnsdojo.org, Gernot Hassenpflug at snipped-for-privacy@coda.ocn.ne.jp wrote on 6/4/08 12:32 PM:

Add to what I just posted:

Polly Scale (acrylics, distributed by Testors) has versions of all your colors besides the Brun Chocolat (30099). You can order them directly from Testors:

product nrs. 505236, -240 and -242

They've also got a PDF of color samples:

You'll note that their FS references are different, especially the grays, which are darker. This is apparently also true of the White Ensign paints. According to John Snyder (Mr. WEM), his paints are matched to an out-of-print French publication viewed by French modelers as the most accurate. I'm assuming Polly Scale used the same reference.

Pip Moss

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Thanks Pip, I'll check that out, since I haven't heard back from WEM strangely enough. The IPMS Stockholm site was not very useful, too many gaps even though for example Xtracolor exists they are not cross-referenced in the French color section. Also, I cannot get Humbrol easily either :-) Or model master... it seems each country has its problems with getting paints from non-national vendors! grrr....

let me know what you need on the mm or humbrol...

Thanks e, got in touch with you on email. Much appreciated!

anytime