F-21A 'Kfir' Conversion

[Shogun]

On 11/10/2021 at 9:15 AM, bdthoresen said:

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-

 

 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-

 

 

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    

 Hi Thor, Thank you, Thank you very much!  So what's wrong with building a F-21? Oh yea, this!

  All reference material that I've seen says,  FS36307, FS35237,  and FS36251 too.

 Let me compare notes... FS36251 is the difficult one. I was using RLM75 but I used too much. That would be my #2 grey. FS35237 would be the #3 grey.

  Once again, thank you!!  

  I wonder if model paint can change it's color after sitting around for 30 years!

 

[Shogun]

Hey Thor,

I'm Glad you have RLM75 for FS36251, that's all the confirmation we needed.

  Thank you again!

Looking through the FS fan deck, this is as close as I could find for #2 grey on Double 0.  That would be the FS36251.

Starting with a color chip to match really helps me.

 

These are under the skylight. (Not much light available at this time)

 

[Shogun]

And two under the warm bulbs

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For reference...

  Under the skylight, it looks pretty darn good me thinks.

 Here it is again...