Just picked up the Revell CH-54 and I was wondering what color the Army
version should be painted in. The instructions call for a mix of Revell
colors and I have no idea what the result would look like.
Thanks,
Frank
Testors Model Master has Army Helo Drab, I can't remember
the exact FS number for it. Honestly you could use damned
near any dark olive green to medium olive green! The Pima
Air Museum has one of the CH-54's over their gate and the
damned thing is so sum faded that you'd SWEAR it was meant
to be desert brown! It isn't, in the non-faded areas it really is
the dark olive drab ofthe late schemes.
The early paint schemes (I think the kit includes the decals for
this) were a very bright gloss medium green (which also did
the fading trick a lot!) and had white and color insignias over
them. If the kit has the white ARMY markings then use the
gloss medium green.
Hope this helps!
-andy
Straight up Olive Drab .Helo drab is a later paint. These things were flat
OD, lots of fading . Not the cleanest birds, either. Red dust is a nice
touch.