discussion Tamiya Mk1 Spitfire

[Guest]

Hi i am trying to find the colour of a tamiya paint and cannot locate it anywhere its for the pilots life jacket on the Tamiya 1/48 Mk1 Spitfire it states Tamiya X-49 i cannot find it anywhere ? View attachment 310301

 

[papa 695]

Hi Gavin and welcome to the forum.
On my paint converter other options are:-
Humbrol 026 Khaki Matt
Revell Aqua 36186 Olive brown
Vallejo 70879 Green Brown
I hope this helps.

 

[prichrd1]

Gavin,

Think the color on the instructions is possibly a printing error.

X-49 is NATO Green, I can email the color chart that shows this to you!! :smiling2:

As Ian says above -

XF-49 is Khaki - more akin to the colors of wartime life jackets.

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Photo copyrighted to IWM.

HTH,

Paul.
:smiling2:

 

[colin m]

Or, don't worry about an exact conversion and search for a picture, and mix your own colour.

Which Paul managed to do before I did.

 

[Thorbrand]

I always tend to go with yellow with a hint of brown mixed in cant really go wrong with life jackets so i wouldnt worry too much about getting the exact colour