Painting Aircraft 1/700

[Ben Hardaway]

What is a good color for 1/700 Modern US Navy Fighters. I am working on the USS Ronald Reagan. Would light gray work, or would I need a darker color for the scale.

Thanks.

Ben

[Anonymous]

Hi,
The smaller the scale the lighter the color.
Thanks

[Anonymous]

Dark ghost gray for the top and Light ghost gray for the bottom usually works for me. Again, you may want to lighten it a bit for that scale effect, but I usually dont. Keep in mind that I'm fairly certain that the Reagan does not carry F-14s, and you may want to buy some extra regular F-18s and some Super Hornets.

[Anonymous]

What is the best looking for the canopy? I have seen black, dark grey and even a greenish.

[Mac]

I think it's a matter of personal preference. Paint them the way you want them to look.

Here's what I do: (I learned this method on this board)

--Paint the canopy silver (I use Tamiya)
--After the silver is dry paint the canopy with Tamiya Smoke. This is a translucent black color.

You can see it on my Mark V SOC (and the helicopters with it) in the Modelwarships gallery. Here's the link:

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

Mac

[ScottBono]

Where can I grab a few extra sets of carrier aircraft for both USN and IJN in 1/700 scale. And a follow-up, is there a definitive resource for color schemes for the IJN aircraft? I am under the assumption each squadron had identifying colors - or did they change as the war progressed? I know many of the A6M's at Pearl Harbor were still 'silver'.

[Timmy C]

Hasegawa had made some 1/700 aircraft for their carriers, available as a set of Naval aircraft.