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F14A Tomcat - PART FOUR

a build story by David W. Aungst

For a full research posting on this aircraft, see my reference page on the Aircraft Resource Center in the Walk Arounds section of the site. The

reference page has over 50 pictures of the real aircraft taken by myself and a few friends, spanning an eighteen month portion of the aircraft's service with the NSAWC.


Left Side and Top

Right Side and Bottom

This camouflage is one of a couple non-standard schemes applied to Tomcats at NSAWC. The top side is a three-color splinter camouflage of two blues and a gray. The bottom is solid gray. The nose cone and tail tips are gloss white. The scheme is intended to represent Su-27 Flankers of Eastern Block air forces. The two blues are Aggressor Blue (F.S.35109) and Air Superiority Blue (F.S.35450). The gray in the topside splinter pattern is Dark Ghost Gray (F.S.36320). I determined that the lower surface color is Light Ghost Gray (F.S.36375).

The "official" NSAWC camouflage diagrams actually name Light Blue (F.S.35190) as the lighter blue color. After a long study of my pictures (and some additional information from the Fallon paint shop), I decided a closer match was Air Superiority Blue (F.S.35450). From the pictures I took and others that I have seen from different sources, the lighter blue on the aircraft is a little more rich and slightly greenish compared to Air Superiority Blue. But, Air Superiority Blue is a much closer match than Light Blue (F.S.35190).

I used all Testors Model Master enamel paints. All the colors, except Air Superiority Blue, are bottled colors in the Model Master line. As no manufacture seems to make Air Superiority Blue, I needed to do some custom mixing to achieve this color. I found Flanker Medium Blue in the Model Master line (stock#2131) was close, but it was a little too light. I used it as the major color to mix the correct color. I used the following ratio, 6:1. That is six parts Flanker Medium Blue with one part Bright Blue (F.S.35183). This provides a color that is a dead-on match with the color chip in my Federal Standard color fan.

 

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