Cliverdee Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Hi would anyone know the nearest Humbrol colour to US Navy Measure 21 camouflage paint scheme. To my eye 104 Oxford Blue looks reasonable ... am I about right with this or does anyone consider a more appropriate Humbrol or Revell colour for the overall blue used in WW2 ... thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I'm sure I have some old airfix magazine / scale models magazine somewhere that gives this information .......I'll try to find it but can't promise anything as I have a least 50 years of these magazines .......If I remember correctly it would have been around 1978 or thereabout ....will try to look for it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliverdee Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 I'm sure I have some old airfix magazine / scale models magazine somewhere that gives this information .......I'll try to find it but can't promise anything as I have a least 50 years of these magazines .......If I remember correctly it would have been around 1978 or thereabout ....will try to look for it tomorrow.Thankyou that's good of you ... but please don't go to too much trouble if the answer doesn't fall immediately to hand .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Well I'm stuck at home with the flu......so I should find an hour somewhere...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliverdee Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Well I'm stuck at home with the flu......so I should find an hour somewhere......Oh I do hope you are feeling better soon ... flu doesn't really inspire anyone to be hunting through a load of magazines! ... best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebeep Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Patrick, there was a series of articles in Scale Models some time in the seventies. I'm not able to get to my own archives at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Found them. Scale Models issues for June 1975 and November 1976.Unfortunately he former only discusses schemes applied to North Carolina. Measures 12, 22 and 32. It does not give any specific information about colour matches.The November article is a review of a 52-page book entitled "United States Navy Camouflage of the WW2 era". So unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliverdee Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Ah well not to worry... and thankyou for taking the time and trouble to look .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Paul B Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Some paint ranges reference the FS number equivalent. If you can find these then it may help you identify suitable colours.Otherwise go with your best guess and remember that colours look different at scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Hi CliverdeeTo my knowledge humbrol paint have no direct equietent to colours used by the US navy. There are other companies that do specialize in these colours such as WEM & Atlatic models. I built the Tamiya USS Missouri of 1955 / 45 fit and they gave two schemes measures 22 and 2232D I've included the Tamiya schemes with their paint colours and mixes.. Althgough theses schemes and other schemes given should be taken with a large pinch of salt as in 1942 to 1944 paint wasn't of the highest priority and most ships had to use local paint as & where & what they could. So much so that you could easily find ships with a muiltitude of various blues dabbed all over then that them looked like blue patch-work quilts. So unless you want your ship to be pristen you can use plenty of artisic lience. Good luck and would love to see some finished results. Tamaya's painting measuries 22 & 2232D. /media/tinymce_upload/3d15242a0b8284db903c1a1a19def3da.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/4e7e9ac4d5058a8d6faafaef8296e7fe.jpg Hope this helps. Remember we do this for fun John the Pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Humbrol used to make Master Model Enamels for the USAF, Navy & Marine Contemporary. I don't believe they are still available though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Is that the Humbrol Authentic range, Patrick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Well, there definitely were a range of (decently matched to the chip charts, by which I mean the ones that have actual paint chips to match against) FS595a colours in the Humbrol Authentics range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Just checked my Humbrol Colour System (1996) and the Naval colours listed are quite generalistic:Light Grey use Humbrol 87Dark Grey use Humbrol 27 etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Is that the Humbrol Authentic range, Patrick?I don't think so, it's referred to as MASTER MODELLERS ENAMEL in the Humbrol brochure./media/tinymce_upload/81885e01d5bd432dcc2cbb38b4746205.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Those HB numbers were used for Humbrol Authentic enamels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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