Hi Folks,
I currently have a passion for the History of Polish Fighter Aces from 1939 through to 1945, I have spent the last year collecting various 1/48 and 1/72 aircraft kits with which I intend to build a homage collection to my favorite Aces. The two main characters I am interested in are Joself Frantisek (who was in fact a Czech) and Fraciszek Grabowski. I am also fascinated by the aircraft that the Poles flew in France during the spring and early summer of 1940 during the Battle of France.
So far I have built 6 of the French aircraft and have now started on the Polish ones, having just completed a 1/48 Mirage Models RWD-8 Trainer and Observation monoplane, here below.
I use Hitaka and Tamiya paints on my models and painted this one with Tamiya XF 62 Olive Drab as it appeared to be the closest green I could find, as looking at pictures the green used on these and many Polish aircraft at the time had a brown tint to it. I know that the PZL11C fighters were actually painted a Late Dark Khaki that is actually brown and the Hataka Polish paint set is spot on for that particular aircraft but I am having big problems with the green used on the non fighter types as I think this XF 62 may be too dark!
The next model I am building is a 1/72 PK Kits PWS 26 Trainer Biplane here is a photo of the actual aircraft in the Krakow Polish Air Force Museum that I visited last June.
As you can see it appears to be a lighter green than XF 62 and it has a brown tint, so my question is - does anyone know the closest Tamiya green to this colour or how to mix it with Tamiya paints. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ian
I currently have a passion for the History of Polish Fighter Aces from 1939 through to 1945, I have spent the last year collecting various 1/48 and 1/72 aircraft kits with which I intend to build a homage collection to my favorite Aces. The two main characters I am interested in are Joself Frantisek (who was in fact a Czech) and Fraciszek Grabowski. I am also fascinated by the aircraft that the Poles flew in France during the spring and early summer of 1940 during the Battle of France.
So far I have built 6 of the French aircraft and have now started on the Polish ones, having just completed a 1/48 Mirage Models RWD-8 Trainer and Observation monoplane, here below.
I use Hitaka and Tamiya paints on my models and painted this one with Tamiya XF 62 Olive Drab as it appeared to be the closest green I could find, as looking at pictures the green used on these and many Polish aircraft at the time had a brown tint to it. I know that the PZL11C fighters were actually painted a Late Dark Khaki that is actually brown and the Hataka Polish paint set is spot on for that particular aircraft but I am having big problems with the green used on the non fighter types as I think this XF 62 may be too dark!
The next model I am building is a 1/72 PK Kits PWS 26 Trainer Biplane here is a photo of the actual aircraft in the Krakow Polish Air Force Museum that I visited last June.
As you can see it appears to be a lighter green than XF 62 and it has a brown tint, so my question is - does anyone know the closest Tamiya green to this colour or how to mix it with Tamiya paints. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ian
