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Hawker Hunter F1 Colour scheme

Can anyone provide BS or colour swatches/refs for the green/grey/lt grey colours used on the Hunter F1 please as I need to paint my F1!!!
cheers
Tony

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By: Rocketeer - 29th February 2008 at 17:39

cheers Mark……can you bring your fin to cockpitfest too? mine will require a rudder and fin tip fairing

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By: MarkG - 29th February 2008 at 16:22

Cheers old chap….you are a star! Is this definitely the right colours for early F1 Hunters? as the green is very bottley!!:)

Yup, them’s definately the ones – Dark Green/Dark Sea Grey/High Speed Silver.

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By: Rocketeer - 29th February 2008 at 08:55

Tony,

Upper camo – Dark Green BS381C:241 and Dark Sea Grey BS381C:638
Lower surfaces – High Speed Silver (not Light Aircraft Grey which wasn’t introduced until the mid 1960s).

Mark

Cheers old chap….you are a star! Is this definitely the right colours for early F1 Hunters? as the green is very bottley!!:)

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By: MarkG - 27th February 2008 at 22:33

Can anyone provide BS or colour swatches/refs for the green/grey/lt grey colours used on the Hunter F1 please as I need to paint my F1!!!
cheers
Tony

Tony,

Upper camo – Dark Green BS381C:241 and Dark Sea Grey BS381C:638
Lower surfaces – High Speed Silver (not Light Aircraft Grey which wasn’t introduced until the mid 1960s).

Mark

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