F8F Bearcat Color Profile

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Last Updated 25 Mar 2008

Paint guide courtesy of Trumpeter and Stevens International

Notes:

• The color table above indicates that the aircraft was finished in overall Gunze Mr.Color Nr.365. What they're really trying to show is that this aircraft is painted overall Glossy Sea Blue ANA 623/FS15042
• The fuselage band on the USNR Bearcat is shown as yellow (decals for the band are included in the kit). While this may have been yellow on this particular aircraft, USNR aircraft wore glossy International Orange bands by Navy directive
• The colors correspronding to the Gunze paint numbers above are shown below:

Enamels
ANA Nr	Color	Name	Model Master	Gunze Mr.Color	Humbrol	Revell	WEM
623		Sea Blue	1717 1917				ACUS07
508		International Orange	2022 4225
Acrylics
ANA Nr	Color	Name	Model Master Acryl	Floquil Polly Scale	Gunze Aqueous	Humbrol	Revell
623		Sea Blue	4686
508		International Orange	4682	414356
ANA Nr	Color	Name	Model Master Acryl	Floquil Polly Scale	Tamiya	Vallejo	Spare
623		Sea Blue	4686			087
508		International Orange	4682	414356

Notes:

• ° - Indicates that the color was produced to match but not labeled by manufacturer as match
• ˆ - Indicates that the color was produced to meet another standard (ANA, BS, etc.) and is equivalent
• ´ - Indicates that the color is a close match