K.U.K. camo

[James A. Pratt III]

In 1918 the K.U.K. Navy put out an order to paint it's seaplanes gray. Does anyone know about what FS number the color was and what model paint color would be a good match? Thanks in advance.

Speaking strictly as a modeller without the tons of references available to others here in the forum, here are my two cents:

Late in the war, the K.u.K. LFT painted their planes in two tones of grey. These are available from MisterKit as Basalt Grey and Platinum Grey, respectively. Platinum Grey is the lighter one of these. The shades were based on the result on an analysis on the original compounds of the original paint on an Aviatik fighter in a museum in Italy.

However, feeling that neval planes might have been a more blueish grey, MisterKit also makes a German Naval Grey and German Naval Blue Gray. These might be used instead.

I would go with the German Naval Greys.

As regards FS numbers, I guess that Dark Ghost Gray (also called Dark Compass Grey) which is used on present US Navy and Airforce planes might be used. Just google it up. It is available from all the major brands.

Personally I like MK paint and they can be found elsewhere on this site.

Magnus