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Fouga day glo colour
Topic Started: Apr 10 2017, 11:09 PM (540 Views)
Barry Sp

To all,
Building a fouga, at painting stage, is it day glo red or day glo orange??
And, has anyone used from the Humbrol range
and could make a recommendation?
Cheers,
Barry
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Murfv
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Barry.
I am by no means saying it is correct but I used Vallejo Model Air Orange(71.083) when I built my Fouga,
on reflection and having had the opportunity recently to get a good look around '220' I think that the out
of the bottle colour is a little too dark and does not give the proper dayglo effect.Posted Image

I can post a few pics of '220' tomorrow for reference if that is of any help?
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Vincent
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cyclonus

I think the problem is the photo used for reference as in different light it appears to be "red" and in others it appears "orange"...not sure I this helps but with the recent air fix release with decals for fouga 220 they say its paint number 209 from the humbrol range.
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Heil Mickey!
Joe Maxwell states this colour being 'Dayglo Red', problem with any 'dayglo' colour is that they are impossible to capture by any photographic means....and they fade pretty fast and easily.
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cyclonus

Thats true regarding the fading and the photos...I saw a pic of 3 irish fougas where 2 had "red" wing tip tanks and the other had "orange" wing tip tanks...still think humbrol 209 is a good match..used it on mine and my vampire and chipmunk.
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Barry Sp

Thanks to all for the replies!
Onwards and upwards so..
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I remember reading that when ordering the IAC Dauphins someone used a red marker to indicate the location and colour of the day-glo panels. The French went to considerable trouble to match the red marker colour and delivered the Dauphins that way. It was noticed by the Air Corp that the red-marker Dauphin colour was more colour-fast than the traditional orange and as a result they started applying the red instead of orange during maintenance to other aircraft. So .... you can do both depending on the era you are wanting to depict.
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Just noticed on the Air Corps history webpage, there's a photo of a four-ship of Fougas - the last a/c in the formation (220) has what looks like a red day glo nose but orange day glo tip tank.

Then again, could well be the original light/old photo processing etc.

Whatever you go with Barry, look forward to seeing.

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Dermot
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From what I've been told, the dayglo fades pretty much within a week. You can go with just about any shade of dayglo red or orange and I reckon you'll be alright :>
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Murfv
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Barry,
A couple of pics for reference of the underside and topside of the s/b wing tip tank on '220' as well as the port forward fuselage showing the variation in the fading of the dayglo areas of the aircraft,

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Hope they are of some help.
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Barry Sp


Crikey, shocking variation in colour there, see what you guys mean about fading.
Cheers Vincent.
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