Falklands RAF Sea Kings

[doleip]

I am looking to model an RAF rescue Sea King in the Grey scheme from the Falklands.
Being grey means it will be a problem as to which one.
References quote it variously as Dark Sea Grey, Extra Dark Sea Grey or Dark Admiralty Grey.
There are quite a few colour photos about and these show something lighter than Extra Dark Sea Grey.
One photo shows ZA105 with a darker engine cowl, possibly borrowed from the Navy which would have been RAF Blue Grey.
Dark Sea Grey seems like a colour the RAF would have plenty of at the time, but equally there could have been Dark Admiralty grey for Buccaneer cockpits that needed to be used up.

My question; is there anyone out there with contacts that would have the definitive answer?

 

[buffnut453]

I am looking to model an RAF rescue Sea King in the Grey scheme from the Falklands.
Being grey means it will be a problem as to which one.
References quote it variously as Dark Sea Grey, Extra Dark Sea Grey or Dark Admiralty Grey.
There are quite a few colour photos about and these show something lighter than Extra Dark Sea Grey.
One photo shows ZA105 with a darker engine cowl, possibly borrowed from the Navy which would have been RAF Blue Grey.
Dark Sea Grey seems like a colour the RAF would have plenty of at the time, but equally there could have been Dark Admiralty grey for Buccaneer cockpits that needed to be used up.

My question; is there anyone out there with contacts that would have the definitive answer?

I'd recommend going to britmodeller.com and entering your query on the Cold War sub-section of the "Military Aircraft Modelling Discussion By Era" forum. This linky should take you there but you'll have to register with the forum to post your query: Cold War.

I've always had great success, and met with generous help and support from forum members, at Britmodeller. It's one of my favourite places to ask military history questions.

 

[doleip]

I hadn't thought of that. Good idea.
It took a bit of work. Their system is a bit picky about which browser it deals with.

Apparently the answer is Dark Sea Grey.