SeaVenom Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 About to start painting the cockpit of Dragons 1/32 kit (Gerhard Schopfels plane France 1940) and I was wondering if Dragons paint guide of RLM grey (H70/60) is correct for that plane + anyone know what H80/54 is? I've read that it could be a Gunze colour. Anyone know what equivalent those 2 colours are (especially in Humbrol enamels) and what colour the area marked by H80/54 would be in general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 This came up in my109E build. You may find the info useful. Here is a link. Link to Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Thanks Ron. So it looks like Dragons RLM 02 is correct for the E-4 and this is a grey green like you did on yours (correct me if I'm wrong) but the exact shade varied anyway. I also found this link on Britmodeller --- http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67349 Which seems to confirm RLM 02 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wadman Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hi Sea Venom, I have several photos of Schöpfel's E-4 which were taken on 16/17 August 1940 showing general views of the aircraft and at least two high angle shots of him getting in and out of the cockpit (I'm pretty sure these latter photos were staged for family or other purposes, as he is certainly not kitted out to fly the aircraft). Anyway, be that as it may, in these latter photos the cockpit interior is clearly visible and although monochrome, is finished in 02 as it is certainly way too light to be 66. Also, when it comes to the head armour, use part A 14 as he did not have the 'over the top of the head' piece fitted at that time and also, the armour plate was mounted to the canopy framing and not as Dragon would have you do, to the cockpit rim behind the seat. Additionally, at the time depicted by the markings provided in the kit, the aircraft flew a small yellow pennant from the aerial mast. Hope this info will be of use to you. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 @Dave Wadman: Sent you a couple of PMs a while back but had no reply / acknowldegement. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wadman Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hi Nick, Yes I did get the PM and my apologies for not answering but have been pretty busy lately. I'll be in touch with you shortly. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hi Nick, Yes I did get the PM and my apologies for not answering but have been pretty busy lately. I'll be in touch with you shortly. Cheers Dave thanks Dave, that's much appreciated and sorry for the interruption to the thread N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Thanks Dave and interesting what you said about part A14. Lucky you said that as I wouldn't have known. Invaluable info along with Rons superb build. I mixed up some Humbrol enamels to represent Field Grey a while back. I think it's a fairly good match for field grey so I might use that as it seems to resemble RLM 02. What do you guys think of that? It seems to be fairly close match when I've Googled it. Edited July 20, 2011 by SeaVenom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wadman Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Glad I could help Sea Venom and good luck with the build. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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