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Max Holste Broussard Colors

Hello,

Some friends of mine here in England wish to repaint a Broussard back into its original colours and are having a spot of trouble in working out what the exact colour of the airframe should be. They have decided to go for a European based French Air Force scheme, but we cant quite decide what the colours should be. In some of my sources it is quoted as being Olive Drab overall with a white roof, but in photos gleaned from the net, the green seems a lot darker.

Does anyone out there know what the exact colour is?

I look forward in learning more about French colour schemes.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Pengelly Cornwall UK

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M Pengelly
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The only picture I have is in black & white but I'm fairly certain that is white on the fuselage spine. I wonder if the white is on the uppers of the wing? BTW, my pic is in "The Aircraft of the World", 1956, by Green and Pollinger.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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Mad Modeller

Martin, Do a search on

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They've got a pretty good search engine for their site. I believe that OD is the correct color, but color matching to get the exact shade may be a little tougher. I'm sure that there are some Broussards still in France, may be worth some phone calls.

Don McIntyre Clarksville, TN

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Don McIntyre

I've trawled through all the photos at Airliners.net and most appear to be the same colour - but it looks a lot darker than olive drab. I've been to my local model shop and obtained a tin of the Humbrol version and will try and match it up with the real thing this weekend.

There is a military schemed Broussard a couple of hundred miles away so I think a quick letter to the owner might come up with the exact colours.

Thanks for everyone taking the time to answer my query - it has been appreciated.

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M Pengelly

Ask one of the friendly folks on:

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These guys are prompt, courteous, and very forthcoming with knowledge and answers.

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Greg Heilers

Most operational Broussards I've seen were in a dark OD green with white and orange/red panels. The color is darker than what would normally be called olive drab, but when it fades it gets flatter and more olive. Your best bet would be to connect up with some French modeler or restorer groups and they probably have somebody who knows or who can track down the original color specs.

The French Army has a historical service that can probably help, as does ALAT, the French Army aviation branch.

And Max Holste/Reims is still active as Reims Aviation, at:

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John Hairell ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com)

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John Hairell

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