French Aircraft colors
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Sepp
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French Aircraft colors
Picked up a few french aircraft too add flavour,but can't find much info on the colors they used,camo etc. Would anyone know what colors to use.I use Vallejo,but I can convert from other paints. Thanks ahead of tme
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piersyf
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Try wings palette (http://wp.scn.ru/en/camo/schemes/9/s1)
Follow the links; WW2, fighter or bomber, then on the left side of the page are the makes of a/c. Pick the one you want. In the middle of the next page you will find a small panel showing countries that used the a/c. Select the right country. Finally you are presented with a page that shows individual specific aircraft. Troll through the list until you get a scheme you like. Some even tell you the colours, but most are repro's of images from books.
Follow the links; WW2, fighter or bomber, then on the left side of the page are the makes of a/c. Pick the one you want. In the middle of the next page you will find a small panel showing countries that used the a/c. Select the right country. Finally you are presented with a page that shows individual specific aircraft. Troll through the list until you get a scheme you like. Some even tell you the colours, but most are repro's of images from books.
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Donald M. Scheef
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For hard-copy references you might try:
Breffort, Dominique & Andre Jouirceau; French Aircraft from 1939 to 1942 (2 vols) and
Pelletier, Alain; World War II French Fighters (#1180) and French Bombers (#1189) [elements of Squadron Hobby's 'In Action' series]
All three of these have black-and-white photographs and color drawings of various French military aircraft of the WWII era. These will show the pattern of camoflauge and approximate colors (but I don't think any of these include reference to paint manufacturers' color codes). I'm not sure of Breffort & Jouirceau's book but both of Pelletier's books are in print and available.
For the Wings Palette website referenced in the previous post; on the home page there is a list of standardized camoflauge patters on the left. Go to the "France: Armee de l'Air/Aeronavale - Multicolor Scheme" listing and you will find an explanation of the system's history in addition to color profiles (copied from other sources).
Don S.
Breffort, Dominique & Andre Jouirceau; French Aircraft from 1939 to 1942 (2 vols) and
Pelletier, Alain; World War II French Fighters (#1180) and French Bombers (#1189) [elements of Squadron Hobby's 'In Action' series]
All three of these have black-and-white photographs and color drawings of various French military aircraft of the WWII era. These will show the pattern of camoflauge and approximate colors (but I don't think any of these include reference to paint manufacturers' color codes). I'm not sure of Breffort & Jouirceau's book but both of Pelletier's books are in print and available.
For the Wings Palette website referenced in the previous post; on the home page there is a list of standardized camoflauge patters on the left. Go to the "France: Armee de l'Air/Aeronavale - Multicolor Scheme" listing and you will find an explanation of the system's history in addition to color profiles (copied from other sources).
Don S.
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chrisswim
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What time period?
What time period are you looking at, WW1, WW2, or more modern?
