I worked as an USAF mechanic around F-4E's at Clark AB in the early eighties. Prior to that I saw PLENTY of the Vietnam type 4-color schemes at Hill AFB. I hadn't built a model with this scheme in years, but I just assumed that I could go to the hobby shop and get the MM paints and they would match. I mean, if they can get RLM 83 right--what's so tough about the most publicized paint job in history??
Apparently A LOT! The colors are way off! Way too light and not red enough. I mixed some "home brew" versions that more-or-less match what I remember (I have a good eye for color, even if I do say so myself!).
So what's going on? Is some other type of paint a better match? Has the US DOD changed the specs and thrown us all a curve-ball? I'm very puzzled. I did some Google-ing and sure-enough, a lot of the Vietnam era models I found on-line were painted in the wrong shades. Too light. Not red enough.
Very odd. Does anybody recommend a brand that is a better match? Can anybody explain the disparity (my vocabulary word today)?
Or is my memory shot and I'm living in Cloud Coo-Coo Land? By the say, does anybody have a source for a profile (3-view's better) of a Cloud Coo-Coo Land AF Hawker Hunter circa 1967?