Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1

TheMongoose · Post by **TheMongoose** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:05 am

Me thinks it’s gonna look just like the box art when you’re done

Medicman71 · Post by **Medicman71** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:45 am

Man that looks great! Did you use Light or Dark Gull Gray? Mine looks significantly lighter than yours.

jeaton01 · Post by **jeaton01** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:01 am

Thanks. Doing a Marine scheme just to be different. The topside is gull grey.36440. Tamiya's instructions say to use a USAF light grey but I couldn't find anything to corroborate that.
The USAF color looks too light to me, as on the bottom of Skyraders in Viet Nam.

Medicman71 · Post by **Medicman71** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:12 am

See, with mine you can hardly tell the difference between the two colors.

Post by **Stikpusher** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:10 pm

jeaton01 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:01 am Thanks. Doing a Marine scheme just to be different. The topside is gull grey.36440. Tamiya's instructions say to use a USAF light grey but I couldn't find anything to corroborate that.
The USAF color looks too light to me, as on the bottom of Skyraders in Viet Nam.

Yeah, I wish Rex was still around to confirm. But the Navy/Marine Corps never used 36622 as a topside color. 36440 was the standard once introduced in the mid to late 50’s until the TPS schemes were adopted. Although I do recall Rex saying something about the standard for the Light Gull Gray being changed at some point to be something similar to USAF Aircraft Gray.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:48 am

That does look very nice indeed John!

jeaton01 · Post by **jeaton01** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:25 pm

A little more progress:

Post by **LyleW** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:22 am

Lovely work, John. a good ol" classic early jet.

Post by **Stikpusher** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:46 am

Such a lovely looking fighter plane! John, the Gull Gray looks excellent!

jeaton01 · Post by **jeaton01** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 5:38 pm

Thanks, Lyle and Carlos. As I was afraid, from my experience with the instrument panel decal, getting the markings on this one was at least an 8 hour chore, and there really aren't that many of them. I will have to do a lot of touch up but they are so fragile I will do another clear coat first. About 60% broke coming off the paper. On the best day the intake markings would be a struggle, next time I will paint those and just use the danger triangle as the red is a very good match to Tamiya Flat Red. Anybody know what color would match the walkways and antiglare panel? Radome Tan?

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