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sheehan@ucs.indiana.edu (Mark C. Sheehan) writes:

>Hi. This is a cross-post from the AIRCRAFT@GREARN listserv. If any of you
>can help Ireneusz, please send direct e-mail to me and I'll cross-post it
>to that list. (I've lost his e-mail address or I'd give it to you.)

>Thanks.

>-Mark 
>==========================
>>Hi all! My questions is dedicated to aircraft camouflage specialists.
>>I'm going to make an F-4G Phantom II model, that was produced by
>>Italian firm Italeri. I have doubts about paints colours given by the
>>kit producer in assembly manual. F-4G 'Wild Weasel' is from 35th TRW
>>39th TFTS USAF, and the colours are as follows:
>>   camouflage: radome tan  - F.S. 33613
>>               dark green  - F.S. 34079
>>               olive drab  - F.S. 34087
>>   bottom is painted in flat white - F.S. 37675
>>Rather strange colour set.

This seems to me like they choose some colours that are close 
from a range of hobby colours, and then used _those_ colours' FS 
definitions.

>>
>>I've made a small research about Phantom camouflage painting and found
>>that colours could be like this:
>>   camouflage: sand        - F.S. 30219
>>               dark green  - F.S. 34079
>>               green       - F.S. 34102
>>   bottom:     light gray  - F.S. 36622
>>Am I right?
>>The only F-4 that looks like painted with use of radome tan is in 1992
>>Hasegawa Catalog, and it's an RF-4G of JSDAF.
>>
>                 Ireneusz Jakobik, Szczecin University - Poland
>============================ 

You are quite right in that the "Southeast Asia/Vietnam" scheme 
consists of 30219/34079/34102/36222. F-4:s in the "European I" 
scheme have a wraparound of 34079/34102/36081 (which differs from 
other aircraft that have either 34092/34102/36118 or 
34092/34102/36081).

But "European I" may be a too modern scheme for the decals that 
go with the kit.
--
 Urban Fredriksson  urf@icl.se