Paint colors for JMSDF KONGO DDG

[FlyngSnoopy]

Greetings everyone,

This is my very first post for the forum. I'm in the process of building only my second real ship model, Trumpeter's 1/350 scale JMSDF KONGO-class DDG. But I'm having a little trouble getting the correct color for the main hull. The paint guide suggested I use Tamiya XF53 Dark Grey for the hull, however I just finished spraying a little while ago, and wouldn't you know it, the hull looks way too dark! Or at least it looks too dark when I compare against photos of other KONGO DDG's from this site.

So my question is this: what is the proper color to use on the KONGO DDG? I have a bottle of Tamiya Sky Grey XF-19 on hand, do you think that will work? I think the XF-53 Dark Grey is more suited to the top deck.

Thank you for any help you can provide,
-Justin

[Quaestor]

Justin, in this forum (camo & coatings) a member posted something a few years back which may help:

viewtopic.php?f=69&t=46108&p=305393&hilit=jmsdf#p305393

[Dave Rowe]

Accurate JMSDF greys have just been re-introduced by White Ensign Models to their range of paints.

[FlyngSnoopy]

Great! Thanks for the help guys.