KH T-28 Trojan - Thoughts / Opinions Wanted

[John1]

On 5/4/2025 at 10:24 PM, scvrobeson said:

 

So closer to 12197 International Orange?

 

 

 

Matt 

Someone over on ARC said the same thing.   Said Testors Orange is a great match.   I'm thinking I'll go that route and maybe mix in a bit of red as needed to weather the paint.  

[CRAZY IVAN5]

I'm almost afraid to ask what Kitty hawk suggest, International orange is probably the best bet thinking about it. I got an old bottle of Testor's Chevy engine red/orange that looks close  but I doubt the Navy went down to NAPA auto parts store for paint.

[jeroen_R90S]

I'd think, looking at older T-28 shots International Orange is an option. I mixed up my own from yellow and red, matched somewhat to the AOA decals for the VA-65 A-6E's with those big fuselage stripes.

It is a really odd colour depending on light & weathering, I mean, look at those 2 shots:

Same colour, but in light (top) and shadow (bottom).

 

I used Revell Aqua to make the mix, can look the recipe up (if you like it) but I'm not sure how useful it is as Aqua isn't sold everywhere apparently.

Edited May 7 by jeroen_R90S

[John1]

7 hours ago, CRAZY IVAN5 said:

I'm almost afraid to ask what Kitty hawk suggest, International orange is probably the best bet thinking about it. I got an old bottle of Testor's Chevy engine red/orange that looks close  but I doubt the Navy went down to NAPA auto parts store for paint.

Not a big fan of KH's research when it comes to markings / paint.   While they offer a couple of trainer schemes, for some bizarre reason, KH decided to replicate restored warbirds, not actual USN trainers for their subjects.    

[Joe Hegedus]

11 hours ago, John1 said:

Someone over on ARC said the same thing.   Said Testors Orange is a great match.   I'm thinking I'll go that route and maybe mix in a bit of red as needed to weather the paint.  

I think you're referring to my response to a query.  I didn't say Testors Orange was a great match, I said that the proper color was International Orange, but in scale it looks IO looks too red to me so I use Testors Orange.  It looks better in scale to me.