Proper Nieuport 17 colour

[hacker]

l am building a 1/32 Hobbycraft Nieuport 17 and wish to know the proper colour for this plane in standard factory colour. Some sources say its aluminum dope while others say its a silver/grey or silver white. l guess its depends on what one eye sees verse another's.
l also wish to mix the paint myself and want to know the ratio between aluminum dope and white or should l just go straight aluminum dope color

[StephenLawson]

Testors Model Master Aluminum buffable lacquer. Then a flat coat.

[Familyman]

I think silver mixed with light gray gives the best results. Aluminum is usually too dark and metallic - depends on the brand of paints You use of course - and pure silver is too metallic. I've used Citadel acrylic paints mixing 1 part of Fortress gray and 2 parts of Mithrill silver. I have tested also 1 part of white and 2 parts of Mithrill silver, but that was not quite as good I think.

Mikko

[Iwik]

Hi there!
Personnally, for my future kits I will use Tamiya Aluminium (acrylic). The finish looks like the plane has been painted in alu instead of having a bright silver finish. For the metal parts, however, use Alcad paints. The difference between the two will be quite obvious.
Ciao
Iwik

[Sreiko]

Standard aluminium color work fine. Not polished aluminium, just aluminium.