Need to paint some Sidewinder missiles for my Swedish steel project, but I don't agree with the colors suggested in the instructions, since I have never seen a JAS-39 Gripen with white missiles.

But what colors should they be in, haven't found any good pictures so that I can compare.

Hope these are of some help.




Looks green in one picture and grey in the other! So I may have confused you some more.

Ciao
Luciano

Both pics look as if the Sidewinder body is like an Olive green, or even maybe NATO Green, with the control surfaces being a grey.

Keep in mind though, that that also could possibly be a training round, ie: no warhead and/or rocket motor.

In US inventory, usually a blue missile body denotes a training round, however they also have certain color stripes on the missile body to denote as to whether there is a warehead, guidence, motor, etc, etc, loaded in the missile body.

Not sure if Sweden would follow the same suit as that or not.

War rounds in the US are usually either painted white or a shade of grey.

Here, let me throw you another sidewinder (pun intended )







Look at the third image, specifically at the red and white stripes on the forward fins. I'm guessing red means warhead. American Sidewinders have a yellow band (High Explosives) and a brown band (containing low explosives parts)

It is locally built under license in Sweden under the designation Rb24. I can't help you on the colors as I couldn't find anything, at least in English. Try Googling it, specifically looking for "Rb24 Sidewinder" color or "Sweden Rb24 color." Something like that.

Most of the images came from this site:
www.flygplan.info/ gripen.htm

Jeff

Thomas have you checked

www.gripen.com

its the offical Gripen website, check the gallery and then weapons.

Ciao
Luciano

I checked the site out, it looks great. Very propagandistic toward buying one, but good image base.

The direct link to the weapons is below:

Gripen Air-to-Air Weapons

Jeff

The AIM-9 in the last pic is a training missile it has no warhead no rocket motor and is missing parts on the rear fins. the red and green decal near the front is to arm the missile so the seeker head will still work

SSGT YOUNGBLOOD USAF WEAPONS

No, thank you

I scale 1/1 does not fit in my living room

;-)

What the heck? Have the Swedes developed a giant Sharpie Bomb?
Sorry, couldn't help myself...






Shaun
Loves Sharpies, uses them at work constantly...