[Phatsamurai]

I am starting a cust build, he wants a 53 done in vietnam airforce cammo. After looking at pics online it seems that none of them were painted the same, some look like two colors and others look like 3. What is the correct cammo is it dark green/olive/tan or just olive and tan??

[JRobinsonUSAF]

Phatsamurai, on 28 July 2011 - 03:33 PM, said:

I am starting a cust build, he wants a 53 done in vietnam airforce cammo. After looking at pics online it seems that none of them were painted the same, some look like two colors and others look like 3. What is the correct cammo is it dark green/olive/tan or just olive and tan??

USAF in Vietnam camo would be tan/green/green over grey. Cybermodeler has the scheme fro the Air Force Tech Order.

http://www.cybermode...profile03.shtml

[11bee]

Phatsamurai, on 28 July 2011 - 03:33 PM, said:

I am starting a cust build, he wants a 53 done in vietnam airforce cammo. After looking at pics online it seems that none of them were painted the same, some look like two colors and others look like 3. What is the correct cammo is it dark green/olive/tan or just olive and tan??

Depending on the quality of the picture, lighting, etc. sometimes the two greens on the SEA scheme tend to merge together and look the same. As already noted, I think all AF -53's had the standard SEA scheme.

[Phatsamurai]

thanks
Ill post it when it is done

[HeavyArty]

JRobinsonUSAF, on 28 July 2011 - 05:07 PM, said:

USAF in Vietnam camo would be tan/green/green over grey. Cybermodeler has the scheme fro the Air Force Tech Order.

http://www.cybermode...profile03.shtml

That CyberModeler scheme doesn't look right to me. It calls for Tan/Brown/Green over Gray. The SEA Scheme I have always seen is Dark Green (FS34079), Medium Green (FS34102), and Dark Tan (FS30219) over White (FS37875).

This post has been edited by HeavyArty: 29 July 2011 - 01:40 AM

[JRobinsonUSAF]

HeavyArty, on 29 July 2011 - 01:34 AM, said:

That CyberModeler scheme doesn't look right to me. It calls for Tan/Brown/Green over Gray. The SEA Scheme I have always seen is Dark Green (FS34079), Medium Green (FS34102), and Dark Tan (FS30219) over White (FS37875).

You are right. I did not notice it before, The cybermodeler scheme is a South WEST Asia camo scheme. My bad. Try here, page D-28.

http://www.oldwings....er_TO_1-1-4.pdf

That's the right one.

JR

This post has been edited by JRobinsonUSAF: 29 July 2011 - 02:20 AM

[thatguy96]

HeavyArty, on 29 July 2011 - 01:34 AM, said:

That CyberModeler scheme doesn't look right to me. It calls for Tan/Brown/Green over Gray. The SEA Scheme I have always seen is Dark Green (FS34079), Medium Green (FS34102), and Dark Tan (FS30219) over White (FS37875).

The Cybermodel diagram is the one in the 1998 copy of USAF TO 1-1-4 for the HH-53. That TO also has a diagram and color chart for "H-53 Aircraft Standard Camouflage Pattern" which is the pattern you describe (FS34079, FS34102, and FS30219), but still over gray (FS36622).

This post has been edited by thatguy96: 29 July 2011 - 02:18 AM

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[Chuck1945]

The SEA scheme lower surface color was light gray(36662), not white. 36662 is very pale, almost white, but is still a gray.

[HeavyArty]

Chuck1945, on 29 July 2011 - 03:37 AM, said:

The SEA scheme lower surface color was light gray(36662), not white. 36662 is very pale, almost white, but is still a gray.

I thought it was a gray, but couldn't remember for sure. I was thinking it was called Camouflage Gray and couldn't find an FS # for it. Thanks for the assist.

[JRobinsonUSAF]

HeavyArty, on 29 July 2011 - 08:34 PM, said:

I thought it was a gray, but couldn't remember for sure. I was thinking it was called Camouflage Gray and couldn't find an FS # for it. Thanks for the assist.

Long before model paints matched FS colors, we used to make this grey using the old square Testors bottle of flat white. You added 9 drops of flat black and three drops of flat yellow, and it was a pretty decent match.

[Phatsamurai]

I found that the tamiya usaf light grey and the Ijn grey work good as well