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F-21A 'Kfir' Conversion


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Shogun-

 

Looking good so far. I agree with Frank that the second gray could use a tinge of blue/purple……

 

I was going back through your thread and suddenly remembered I wanted to build this airframe in 48th scale using the Kinetic kit. I had stockpiled some Model Master enamels that I had found matched the colors fairly well out of the bottle, made some notes, and then had “squirrel syndrome” moving on to other projects. I can have a rummage for my notes and share my findings with you if you like…..

 

Still, solid work so far!

 

Thor, still a huge fan…..:ph34r:

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8 hours ago, bdthoresen said:

Shogun-

 

Looking good so far. I agree with Frank that the second gray could use a tinge of blue/purple……

 

I was going back through your thread and suddenly remembered I wanted to build this airframe in 48th scale using the Kinetic kit. I had stockpiled some Model Master enamels that I had found matched the colors fairly well out of the bottle, made some notes, and then had “squirrel syndrome” moving on to other projects. I can have a rummage for my notes and share my findings with you if you like…..

 

Still, solid work so far!

 

Thor, still a huge fan…..:ph34r:

  Hey Thor, Thank you!  I think it 's the light bulbs and what they do to the colors that confused me. If you can match the colors on

 Double O, sock it to me. I have the Model Master color guide but I just couldn't figure out the colors for some reason.  I'll take another look at the

color guide though  Thanks for your support!

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Hey Cal- went a rummaging through my notes and paint stocks to find what I had stockpiled for the F-21, here is what I had. The Furball Aero sheet (generally these people’s research has been impeccable!) had the colors for your scheme listed as the following-

 

FS 36307 Light Sea Gray

FS 35237 Medium Gray

FS 36251 Agressor Gray

 

Looking at my Model Master chip chart, they did not look like the colors in your photos. I had notes that these colors in the Model Master line were not quite right. So I pulled them and took a photo of them in natural light, and sunlight-

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 Not enough contrast in either situation. The darker gray has no violet tinge to it, and the blue is far too washed out to be the base color.

 

I had noted the light grey, Model Master FS 36307 Light Sea Gray was almost perfect. I also noted that I wanted to use Model Master RLM 75 Grauviolett and Model Master Navy Blue Gray as substitutes. So I went a rummaging, and found them. Here are comparison shots in the same lighting conditions-

 

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My plan was to lighten everything a bit during post shading to get that weathered effect you see in most photos of the USN/USMC Kfirs. But as base colors these were the closest I could find. So, in summary-

 

FS 36307- use MM Light Sea Gray

FS 35237- use MM Navy Blue Gray

FS 36251- use MM RLM 75 Grauviolett

 

Again, I would use them as base colors, then post shade, or perhaps mix the darker colors with a bit of white of post-shading is not your thing…..

 

Hope this helps……and now I want to build a Kfir again………crap…..

 

Thor    :ph34r:

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