Hi, all !
I used to model as a teenager and recently I got interested again after joining an online-flightsimulation Jasta a year ago. I've collected dozens of 1/72 WWI kits over the last months and would like to rebuild the Boistrancourt airfield of the famous Jasta 5 Greentails. I am well documented, but would like to know which green exactly to use for the tails. Is there anybody out there who can tell me which #green of which brand of modelpaint they used for that ? TIA
I doubt anyone knows for sure the exact shade of green used - or even whether the same paint shade was used for all aircraft.
These sorts of things were extremely variable during the Great War and the various Jasta marking colors were generally selected from what was available locally rather than being a standardized paint issued by the Luftstreitkrafte.
While typically shown (on paintings and profiles and the like) as a medium to light green, that's only a "best guess". But anything in that color range could not be overly criticized.
A posting in the forum section of the Aerodrome -might- solicit more definitive information.
Salute !
Thanks, but that's not what I mean, with all due respect. I've got all the info on colours and all that. What I was asking : I'd like to know what paint modellers use to paint the tail green. The brand, the exact number, what they mix it with for instance. I understand it's pretty hard to come up with a shade of paint they actually used in WWI. I just need a humbrol green n° etc...., that's all.
TIA
Patrick
"Bill Shatzer" schreef >> Hi, all !
Link to Americals
Thank you very much ! That is the kind of information I need.
"William H. Shuey" schreef >>
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