authentic camouflage shades
mix from Vallejo Model Air
Czechoslovakia 1922-92 - France 1938-42 - GDR 1986-90
Peewit's Authentic camouflage colours are acrylic modelers paint for airbrush. Vallejo Model Air is the base for mix of our original color shades. The paint is not changed, only the shade. Dilute with Vallejo Model Air auxiliary products.
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The authentic camouflage colours Peewit are based on a long-term study and researches of the subject. The colour shades are based on preserved original aircraft or their part, if is not stated otherwise. No scale reduction is included as well as other subjective changes.
C-1961
C-1961 - Canvas (new) - The base for determining this shade was references in the modeling literature (Methuen 4A3)
C-1962 - Canvas (older) - The base for determining this shade was references in the modeling literature (Methuen 4C3)
Aircraft in the color of the material
C-1962
Model Nieuport 11 (Eduard, 1/48)
Czechoslovak Air Force 1922-1926
The first regulation determining the color of Czechoslovakia. military aircraft was introduced in 1922. For combat aircraft was determined camouflage scheme consisting of irregular fields in the colors dark green, brown and ocher, the lower surfaces were painted aluminum. As is evident from the period photographs and the surviving samples, the shades of colors were not always the same and differed from each other even in aircraft of the same manufacturer and in the same production series.
Avia BH-11 (Model, 1/50)
Brown-green-ocher 1922-26
C2220 - Brown - the base for determining the shade was a canvas sample from Avia BH.19 aircraft from 1925
C2221 - Brown - the base for determining the shade were colors on the preserved parts and canvas samples from Avia BH-9, Aero A.18 and Spad VII (darker variant)
C2250 - Green - the base for determining the shade was a canvas sample from Avia BH.19 aircraft from 1925
C2251 - Green - the base for determining the shade were colors on the preserved parts and canvas samples from Avia BH-9, Aero A.18 and Spad VII (darker variant)
C2260 - Ocher - the base for determining the shade was a canvas sample from Avia BH.19 aircraft from 1925
C2261 - Ocher - The basis for determining the shade was a canvas sample from the Avia BH-9 aircraft (darker variant)
Bottom surfaces:
C2290 - Aluminum bronze - we recommend using Vallejo Model Air 71.062 Aluminum.
C-2220
C-2250
C-2260
C-2221
C-2251
C-2261
Examples of use:
Spad 7, Spad 13, Breguet 14, Salmson 2, Avia BH.3, BH.9, BH.11, BH.21, Aero A.11, A.12, Aero A.18, Letov Š.1, Š. 2, Š.6, and more ...
Czechoslovak Air Force 1926 - 1939
In 1926, was the camouflage painting of Czechoslovakian combat aircraft simplified. Firstly light olive green was introduced (used on a series of aircraft Avia BH.21 and Aero Ab.11), but after unsatisfactory results, this shade was replaced by the khaki colour, which was then used the vast majority of Czechoslovak aircraft until 1939.
The aircraft of the first Czechoslovak "king of the air" František Malkovský, known as "the Red devil" had a special painting. His Avia BH.21.96 was painted red on the upper surfaces.
Avia B.534 (Eduard, 1/72)
Light olive green - 1926
C-2659 - Olive green light - the base for determining the shade was a canvas sample from a 1926 Avia factory sample
Bottom surfaces:
C-2290 - Aluminum bronze - we recommend using Vallejo Model Air 71.062 Aluminum.
C-2659
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Examples of use:
Production series of aircraft Avia B.21, Aero Ab.11 and several other types repaired in 1926 (registration mark: one-color paint and flag emblem, but does not apply to Letov aircraft, which in this form already bore the khaki paint).
Khaki - 1926-39
C2650 - Khaki - the base for determining the shade were preserved original parts of Letov Š.20, Letov Š.328 and Avia B.534 (this shade is on an imaginary scale from green to brown in the middle and even with the number of comparable samples it seems the most universal ).
C2651 - Khaki - the base for determining the shade was a canvas sample of the Avia factory from 1926 (in contrast to the color C2650, this shade have more brown-yellow tone).
C2652 - Khaki - the base for determining the shade was the color on preserved original part of the aircraft Avia-Fokker F.IX (compared to the color C2650, this shade is less brownish yellow and is darker).
Bottom surfaces:
C2690 - Aluminum bronze - we recommend using Vallejo Model Air 71.062 Aluminum.
C-2650
C-2651
C-2652
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Examples of use:
The vast majority of Czechoslovakia. aircraft from 1926 to 1939 (Avia B.21, B.534, Letov Š.16, Š.20, Š.231, Š.328, Aero A.100, Aero MB.200, etc.), aircraft of the Czechoslovak origin in the Slovak, German and Bulgarian service, cars, cannons and other Czechoslovak army equipment...).
Red - František Malkovský's plane
C 3080 - Red color for the aircraft Avia B.21.96 of František Malkovský from 1930 - the base for determining that shade was the color on preserved original part of this aircraft.
Bottom surfaces:
C2690 - Aluminum bronze - we recommend using Vallejo Model Air 71.062 Aluminum.
C-3080
Gendarmerie air patrols - 1935-39
C3555 - Grey-Green - The basis for determining this shade was the surviving paint on a gendarme car from the 1930s.
C-3555
Škoda D.1 (KOPRO, 1/72)
Czechoslovak Air Force 1938 - 1939
In 1938, a multi-coloured camouflage began to be introduced again, in two variants. It was used only to a limited extent on prototype aircraft Avia B.35 and Letov Š.50 (green, brown, ocher, blue-gray bottoms) and Avia B.71 (dirty green, earthy brown, green-gray, bottoms left in the color of the original paint that the aircraft received from the manufacturer, ie in the Soviet color shade AE-9).
We know more about the shades used on the Avia B.71 - the aircraft were originally painted Soviet light gray AE-9, which remained after the introduction of camouflage paint on the lower surfaces. Of the three camouflage shades, two are known, which are located on the preserved rudder of this aircraft - brown, whose shade apparently was not far from the brown used in the 30s in the Czechoslovak tanks, and green (we find a match with the darker shade of khaki, used in the postwar period in the Czechoslovak Army). The remaining shade, ie green-gray, remains to be reconstructed on the basis of the name and period black-and-white photographs. It is more complicated with the coloring of prototypes of the Avia B.35 and Letov Š.50 aircraft. No original part with this coating has been preserved, so all that remains is to proceed using the "qualified estimation" method ...
Avia B.35.1 aircraft model (Kovozávody Prostějov, 1/72)
Brown-green-ocher 1938
No original part with this paint has been preserved. However, it seems very probable using of the same or very similar shades as the tanks and armored cars of the 1930s (respectively the aircraft from period 1922-26). In the case of green and brown, we can also consider compliance with the color introduced at the same time for Avia B.71. About the shade used on the bottom surfaces is nothing more accurate known.
Since there is nothing certain, it is up to everyone to choose the shades that seem most likely to him.
C-3420
C-2251
C-3460
C-3820
C-3450
C-3850
C-2261
Examples of use:
Prototypes of Avia B.35.1 and Letov Š.50 aircraft
Avia B.71 (illustration by Miroslav Wallflower)
Earthy brown-dirty green-green gray 1938
C-3820 - Earthy brown (Tebas Tigin mat No. 1634)
Background: color on preserved original part of the Avia B.71 (closest equivalent to the Federal Standard).
C-3850 - Dirty green (Tebas Tigin mat no. 1383)
Background: color on preserved original part of the aircraft Avia B.71 (nearest equivalent to the Federal Standard).
C-3819 - Greenish gray (Tebas Tigin matt no. 1573)
This shade has not been preserved and is only speculative. The basis is the shade RAL 7009 Grüngrau, darkened to match the impression visible from black and white photos where this color appears to be the darkest.
Bottom surfaces:
C-3811 / S - Light gray (AE-9)
Background: parts of the aircraft with the preserved paint of the original Soviet color shade AE-9 have been preserved in abroad, our shade is blended according to the nearest found equivalent according to the Federal Standard swatch.
C-3820
C-3850
C-3819
C-3811 / S
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Examples of use:
Avia B.71.
Czechoslovak tanks and armoured cars 1934-39
Ground military equipment was painted the same shade of khaki that was used on aircraft.
Armoured cars, cannons and later also tanks multi-coloured camouflage paint. In 1920's it was irregular fields of dark green, khaki, (reddish) brown, light gray and ocher. Samples of these shades have not been preserved.
In 1930, a new camouflage was tested - consisted of green, brown and ocher, which was then applied to Czechoslovak armored cars and tanks since 1934. On the basis of painting on the preserved original tank LT-35 (hidden from the public in the interior of an armored train from WW II) were suitable shades of paint mixed and used during the renovation tank of the same type exhibited in the Military Technical Museum in Lešany. Except of the green color, we find considerable agreement with the shades used in Czechoslovak aircraft of the period 1922-26 - the shades used on the tanks are between the known lighter and darker variants of shades of these colors.
Tank model LT vz. 35 (CMK, 1/35)
Model 3.7 cm anti-tank cannon vz. 37 (Special Armor, 1/35)
Khaki
The color khaki was a standard shade used in the 1920s and 1930s to camouflage military equipment, not only aviation but also ground equipment. The shade was uniform, and in the 1930s the central supplier of the colours used was the company Thurm & Beschke (from 1938 renamed as Tebas), so the colour shade varied minimally for new equipment. Although there are differences in shade between the individual surviving objects coated with pre-war khaki, it is always essentially the same colour, but in individual cases "a litttle bit" greener or browner, darker or lighter...
C-2650
C-2651
C-2652
Brown-green-ocher - 1934-39
C-3420 - Brown
C-3450 - Green
C-3460 - Ocher
The basis for the determination of these shades were the colours on the LT-35 tank in the museum in Lešany, which the restorers arrived at on the basis of an analysis of the original paint on a tank of the same type, which is inside one of the cars of an WW II armoured train in the museum in Bánská Bystrica. Comparing the colours, we find that the brown and ochre are very close to the shades used on the aircraft in the period 1922-26. The only difference is the green, which also aroused the greatest controversy after the restoration of the LT-35 at Lešany museum tank. Those who do not agree with this shade of green are therefore recommended to use the shade C-2250.
C-3420
C-3450
C-3460
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Examples of use:
LT tanks vz. 34, LT vz. 35, LT vz. 38, armored car vz. 30, tančík vz.33, KPÚV vz. 37, ...
French Air Force 1938-42
In December 1938, the French Ministry of Aviation issued instructions regarding the camouflage of military aircraft. The colours used may have varied according to the manufacturer, but in general it can be said that the lower surfaces were painted a light grey-blue (Gris Blue Clair), while the upper surfaces were covered by a camouflage of green (shades of Khaki or Vert), brown (shades of Ombre Calcinée or Sienne Naturelle) and dark grey-blue (Gris Bleu Foncé).
Aircraft model MS 406 (Směr, 1/72)
F-4016 - Gris Bleu Foncé - the basis for the determination of these shades was the paint on the surviving Caudron C.714 aircraft and a facsimile of the contemporary paint swatch book of the Pyrolac factory, corresponding to the regulation of the Ministry of Aviation
F-4026 - Ombre Calcinée (Brun Foncé) - The basis for the determination of these shades was the paint on the surviving Caudron C.714 aircraft and a facsimile of the contemporary paint swatch book of the Pyrolac factory, corresponding to the regulation of the Ministry of Aviation
F-4020 - Natural Sienne (Terre de Sienne) - the basis for the determination of the shade was a facsimile of the Pyrolac factory's period paint swatch book, corresponding to the Ministry of Aviation regulation
F-4056 - Khaki the basis for the determination of the above shades was the paintwork on the surviving Caudron C.714 and a facsimile of the Pyrolac factory's period paint swatch book, corresponding to the Ministry of Aviation regulation
F-4050 - Vert - the basis for the determination of the shade was a facsimile of the Pyrolac factory's period paint swatch book, corresponding to the Ministry of Aviation regulation
F-4010 - Gris Bleu Clair - the basis for determining the shades was the paint on the surviving Caudron C.714
F-4016
F-4026
F-4020
F-4056
F-4050
The only surviving French WW2 aircraft in its original colours is this Caudron C.714, which became the basis for our paint shades for French aircraft of this period.
F-4010
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Examples of use:
MS-406, D-520, Curtiss H-75 Hawk, Caudron C.714, and other types of French aircraft ...
Czechoslovak Air Force 1945-1960
After the liberation in 1945 we can find two basic types of painting of aircraft of Czechoslovak production: painting with grey-green paint on all surfaces (while the shade of this paint probably had several variants, lighter and darker - we can find it on S-199, S-92, C-104, C-106, Z-126 Trainer,...), and painting with khaki paint on the upper and light grey-blue on the lower surfaces.
Greenish Grey
Many post-war aircraft bore a coat of greenish grey paint, which is often assumed to be the original German RLM 02. The use of this shade in its original form cannot be ruled out or confirmed. However, an experiment carried out to compare the shade of paint on the engine nacelle of the Avia S-92 suggests that the paint used may have been created by mixing the original German RLM 02 and RLM 82 shades, or from similar raw materials used to produce these shades. Also, the light shade used to paint the C-106 aircraft in the LM Praha-Kbely exhibit can be mixed from shades corresponding to RLM 02, RLM 82 and white. According to several rare colour photographs we can conclude that there were other variants, in their saturation between the two above mentioned shades. This corresponds to the shade for which the paint information on the surviving Avia S-199 in Israel became the basis.
C-4650 - Greenish Grey - the basis for determining this shade was the paint residue on the surviving engine nacelle of the Avia S-92 and an exhibit of the same type at the Aviation Museum in Prague-Kbely.
C-4651 - Greenish Grey - the basis for the determination of this shade was information about the paint on a surviving part from an Israeli Avia S-199 aircraft. The shade is mixed by reference to the closest RAL equivalent found.
C-4610 - Grey - The basis for determining this shade was an exhibit of Zlin C-106 aircraft at the Aviation Museum in Prague-Kbely
C-4810 - Grey Smalt Avion 2035.02 - the basis for the determination of this shade was the paint on the surviving part of the Aero C-3B aircraft. The shade, which corresponds to the German shade RLM 02, was used in the painting of aircraft interiors, and probably as a topcoat on some types (C-104, and probably others...)
Aircraft model Avia S-199 (KP, 1/72)
C-4650
C-4651
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C-4610
C-4810
Examples of use:
Avia S-92, Avia S-199, Zlin Z-26, Zlín C-106, C-104 ...
Khaki / light blue
The second most common type of post-war aircraft coloring was paint khaki color (often referred to as khaki MNO) on the upper and light gray-blue on the lower surfaces. It is not known whether the shade "khaki MNO" used on aircraft in in the first post-war years, it corresponded to the pre-war standard, or was closer to the later khaki 5450 according to the ČSN standard of year 1953, eventual if se acted O other shade. IN each case Yippee probably, that not all aircraft in which literature states color "khaki MNO", were in fact painted the same shade, which Yippee apparently both from preserved samples and from period color photographs and films that show at least two shades - one more brown and probably close to the shade according to ČSN 5450, recorded for example on Aero C-3 aircraft, and the other rather dark green on Avia B-33 aircraft. Both of these, or very similar, shades are possible in Czechoslovakia. to prove to the army from a later period.
C-5250 - Dark green khaki - Dark khaki green - the basis for the shade was a surviving part of Avia B-33 No. 1905 (built in 1953).
For more brown-green paint (e.g. Aero C-3B) we recommend to use the shade C-5351 - Khaki CSLA
Lower surfaces:
C-5240 - Light blue - the basis for determining this shade was a surviving piece of canvas from Avia B-33 No. 5088 (machine produced in 1954).
C-5249 - Light blue - the basis for determining this shade was a surviving piece of canvas from Aero C-3B No.409 (paint after repairs made in 1950-55).
Aircraft models Avia B-33 (Special Hobby, 1/48) and Aero C-3A / B (RV Aircraft, 1/72)
C-5250
C-5351
C-5240
Photographs from the mid-50s show two different shades of khaki, used in Czechoslovakia. army in the same period.
C-5240
Examples of use:
Cs. Air Force 50s, Avia B-33, Aero C-3, Lavochkin La-5FN, Lavochkin La-7, ...
Blue-gray, Greenish-gray - Jak-11
The colour scheme of the Yak-11 aircraft has been the subject of much debate. Were these aircraft blue-grey or green-grey? Both possibilities are true. The new machines were painted with blue-grey paint No. 2008 (I do not know what the number refers to, but it is not the paint from the 1953 Czechoslovak standard), which corresponded in shade to the Soviet paint AGT-16, introduced in the Soviet Air Force in 1947. During overhauls, probably from 1956 onwards, the regulation specified painting in green, the lower surfaces in blue, although in practice some aircraft were painted in green on all surfaces.
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C-5340 / S - Blue- gray - the basis for the stated shade was the surviving parts from two Yak-11s with the original paint.
The same shade as C-7340/S
C-5651 - Greenish- gray - the basis for the shade was the surviving parts from two Yak-11 aircraft with original paint.
C-7340 / S
Model aircraft Jak-11 (RS models, 1/72)
C-5651
Czechoslovak People's Army 1953-1989
Khaki 5450
Shade of khaki, used in Czechoslovakia. post-war army, is usually defined by the number 5450 according to the ČSN standard. In practice, it was certainly not so clear-cut and used the shades were more or less different from the shade specified in the standard.
C 5351 - Khaki ČSLA (ČSN 5450, lighter shade) - Czechoslovak army after 1953. The basis for determining this shade was an unused part of a Praga V3S military car
C 5352 - Khaki ČSLA (ČSN 5450, darker shade) - Czechoslovak army after 1953. The basis for determining the shade was the paint on the UAZ military car and the paint on the Aero L-39C Albatros. - Identical to C3850
C-5351
C-5352
Model truck Praga V3S (SDV, 1/87)
Examples of use:
All military equipment in Czechoslovakia. army since 1953, cars, tanks, artillery, ...
Czechoslovak Air Force 1971-1992
After a period from the early 1950s when jets were left in their natural metal colour, a new era of camouflaged machines came two decades later. The original Czechoslovakian paint scheme, known as LERAN, first appeared in 1971 and was tested on several L-29 Delfin, MiG-21 and Mi-4 and Mi-8 helicopters.
In 1973, the MiG-21MF machines appeared in camouflage, with the upper surfaces painted dark green and brown, while the lower surfaces were light blue. The shade changed over time depending on how much the aircraft were exposed to sunlight (the shade became lighter).
From 1977 onwards, MiG-23s began to arrive with tri-colour camouflage on the upper surfaces in shades of dark green, brown (probably identical to the MiG-21) and light green. Aircraft delivered from 1981 onwards (MiG-23ML, Su-22, Su-25 and MiG-29) were fitted with a four-colour scheme - dark brown was added to the above colours. On later delivered machines the grey-blue colour of the lower surfaces was replaced by grey and the light brown had a different shade
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Some of the MiG-21s were delivered with a light grey overall paint.
Major or minor colour changes occurred during medium repairs and overhauls. In the case of the camouflaged MiG-21s, the aircraft were repainted with similar shades, but the new paint was peeling off, and the original worn paint was re-appearing (thus there were two shades of green and two shades of brown on the aircraft). In repairs from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, shades slightly different from the previous ones were used, but the basic scheme was similar. There was also a slight shift in the shade of paint used in the repairs in the case of the overall grey machines.
Some MiG-21s and MiG-23s underwent medium repairs at the Dresden Aircraft Repair Facility in the then GDR, where the aircraft received a new coat of paint according to the East German standard. In the case of the MiG-21s this was in the first half of the 1980s. The planes were sprayed with brown and green colours, significantly darker shades compared to the original colours. Medium repairs to some of the MiG-23s were carried out in Dresden in 1989-90. The East German colours were of a different shade to the original Soviet colours and were characterised by colour variability, so that the shades on the new aircraft were different from those in which these machines had left service. Compared to the original factory paint scheme, there was the added difference that the undersurfaces were sprayed in two different shades, with the light blue paint being replaced by a refractory light grey paint in the rear fuselage.
LERAN - medium green - dark gray
(1971-1980)
The original Czechoslovakian colour scheme called LERAN was tested from 1971 on the L-29 Delfin, MiG-21 and on a larger quantities on Mi-4 and Mi-8 helicopters. The shades have changed quite a bit over time, especially the green color, which has taken on a bluish tint.
C-7151 - Medium green 5303 (worn)
Background: contemporary records with a reference to the Federal Standard pattern book and paint residue on the surviving MiG-21F No. 1013.
C-7111 - Dark gray 1703 (worn)
Background: contemporary records with reference to Agama paint catalog and paint residue on preserved MiG-21F 1013.
C-7151
MiG-21F in LERAN color at the end of his career.
C-7111
Examples of use:
L-29 Delfin, MiG-21 and Mi-4 and Mi-8 helicopters.
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise - the basis for determining this shade was the paint in the cabin of the surviving MiG-23BN.
C-7756 / S - Dark green
Background: paint on MiG-23BN No. 9863, located in Aviation museum at Prague-Kbely and references with reference to Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7320 / S - Brown (darker shade)
Background: paint on MiG-23BN No. 9863, located at Aviation museum Prague-Kbely. C-7320/S and C-7321/S are variants of the same shade.
The lower surfaces:
C-7340 / S - Light blue
Background: paint on MiG-23BN No. 9863, located in Aviation museum Prague-Kbely and period references with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
MiG-21 - factory colours - 1973-74
(dark green - brown)
C-7756 / S
C-7041 / S
C-7351 / S
C-7351 / S - Dark green (worn)
The basis for determining this shade was contemporary references from the late 1980s and early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7322 / S - Brown (worn)
The basis for determining this shade was contemporary references from the late 1980s and early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7322 / S
C-7320 / S
Aircraft model MiG-21MF (OEZ, 1/48)
C-7340 / S
Examples of use:
With reference to an article by Martin Janoušek "Another modeling view - MiG-21MF" (Modeler Extra 17) This is the color marked here as "brown-green 1".
MiG-21MF (Eduard, 1/48)
We recommend to use shades C-7350/S and C-7321/S for the new paint after the repair. The paint was peeling off, so there are remnants of the original, but already worn paint underneath, which you can create with our shades C-7351/S and C-7322/S.
MiG-21 - colours after medium repairs in Czechoslovakia - 1980s
(dark green - brown)
C-7041 / S
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise - the basis for the determination of the above shade was the paint in the cabin of the preserved MiG-23BN.
C-7350 / S - Dark green
The basis for determining this shade was a surviving part of the Su-7 and the paint on the MiG-21
C-7321 / S - Brown (lighter shade)
The basis for determining the shade was contemporary references in model magazines from the early 1990s, with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7320/S and C-7321/S are variants of the same shade.
C-7350 / S
C-7321 / S
Examples of use:
With reference to an article by Martin Janoušek "Another modeling view - MiG-21MF" (Modeler Extra 17) This is the color marked here as "brown-green 2".
MiG-21 - colours after medium repairs in GDR - first half of the 80s
(dark green - brown)
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise - the basis for the determination of the above shade was the paint in the cabin of the preserved MiG-23BN.
OJ C 8251 / N - Olive green (Olivgrün 2425)
The basis for the determination of the shade were contemporary references to the nearest shade according to the Czechoslovak standard, Agama paint catalogue and the regulation on the colouring of East German aircraft from the second half of the 1980s.
Matching shade with N-8656
C 8220 / N - Earthy brown (Erdbraun)
The basis for determining the shade specified was a contemporary reference to the nearest shade according to the Czechoslovak standard, taking into account the nearby shades of paint used by the German Army
Bottom surfaces:
C 8941 / N - Gray-blue (Graublau)
The basis for determining this shade was the East German aircraft colour regulation from the second half of the 1980s.
Matching shade with N-8640
C-7041 / S
C-8251 / N
C-8220 / N
C-8941 / N
Model MiG-21MF (Eduard, 1/144)
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MiG-21 - colouring after overhaul in Czechoslovakia - early 90s
(dark green - brown)
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise -
the basis for the determination of the above shade was the paint in the cabin of the preserved MiG-23BN.
C 9250 - Dark green
C 9220 - Brown
Lower surfaces:
C 9240 - Light blue
The basis for determining the mentioned shades was the MiG-21R aircraft No. 1501, located in the Aviation Museum Prague-Kbely. The aircraft was overhauled in 1993 and used until January 1995, when it was handed over to the museum.
C-7041 / S
C-9250
C-9220
Model MiG-21UM (Kovozávody Prostějov, 1/72)
C-9240
Examples of use:
With reference to Martin Janoušek's article "Další modelářský pohled - MiG-21MF"(Modelář Extra 17 from 2012), these shades are for the colour variant marked here as "brown-green 3".
MiG-21 - Factory colour (grey) - 1975
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise - the basis for the determination of the above shade was the paint in the cabin of the preserved MiG-23BN.
C-7510 / S - Light grey
The basis for determining this shade was contemporary references to the nearest shade according to the Federal Stadard pattern.
C-7041 / S
Examples of use:
With reference to Martin Janoušek's article "Další modelářský pohled - MiG-21MF" (Modelář Extra 17) this is "Grey 1".
C-7510 / S
MiG-21 - "Grey" - colouring after overhauls in Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic - early 90s (grey)
C-9210 - Light grey - The basis for determining this shade was contemporary references to the nearest shade according to the Federal Stadard pattern book
C-9513 - Gray MiG-21MF, the last "gray" after overhaul, 90s - the basis for determining this shade was the paint on MiG-21MF No. 5581.
C-9210
C-9513
Model MiG-21MFN (Kovozávody Prostějov, 1/72)
Examples of use:
With reference to an article by Martin Janoušek "Another model view - MiG-21MF" (Modeler Extra 17) is the color "Gray 3".
MiG-23BN, MF - factory colours - 1977-83
(dark green - light green - brown)
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise - the basis for the determination of the above shade was the paint in the cabin of the preserved MiG-23BN.
C-7756 / S - Dark green
The basis for determining the shade was the nose of MiG-23BN No. 9863, located in the Prague-Kbely Aviation Museum and contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7750 / S - Light green
The basis for determining the shade was the nose of MiG-23BN No. 9863, located in the Prague-Kbely Aviation Museum and contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7320 / S - Brown (darker shade)
The basis for determining the shade was the nose of MiG-23BN No. 9863, located in the Prague-Kbely Aviation Museum and contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
Bottom surfaces:
C-7340 / S - Light blue
The basis for determining the shade was the nose of MiG-23BN No. 9863, located in the Prague-Kbely Aviation Museum and contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
C-7041 / S
C-7756 / S
C-7750 / S
C-7751 / S
C-7320 / S
C-7340 / S
C 7751 / S - Light green (worn - MiG-23MF)
The basis for determining the shade shown was references in model magazines with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book. Not to be used for MiG-23BN.
C 7321 / S - Brown (lighter shade)
This shade was based on contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s, with reference to the Federal Standard. C-7320/S and C-7321/S are variants of the same shade.
C-7321 / S
Model MiG-23BN (Kovozávody Prostějov, 1/72)
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MiG-23ML, MiG-29, Su-22, Su-25 - factory colours
(dark green - light green - brown - dark brown)
1981-89
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise
(MiG-23 only. MiG-29, Su-22 and Su-25 aircraft had a different colour interior.)
C 7756 / S - Dark green
Podkladem pro určení uvedeného odstínu byla příď letounu MiG-23BN č. 9863, nacházející se v Letecké muzeum Praha-Kbely a dobové reference v modelářských časopisech ze začátku 90. let s odkazem na vzorník Federal Standard.
C 7750 / S - Light green
Podkladem pro určení uvedeného odstínu byla příď letounu MiG-23BN č. 9863, nacházející se v Letecké muzeum Praha-Kbely a dobové reference v modelářských časopisech ze začátku 90. let s odkazem na vzorník Federal Standard.
C 7323 / S - Brown (aircraft delivered in the second half of the 1980s)
The basis for determining this shade was contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990's with reference to the Federal Standard and the surviving MiG-29.
C 8126 / S - Dark brown
This shade was based on contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s, with reference to the Federal Standard.
C-7041 / S
C-7756 / S
C-7750 / S
C-7752 / S
C-7323 / S
C-7322 / S
C-7752 / S - Light green (worn - MiG-23ML)
Background: contemporary references from the early 1990s, with reference to the Agama catalogue.
C 7322 / S - Brown (aircraft delivered in the second half of the 1980s)
The basis for determining the shade was contemporary references in modelling magazines from the early 1990s with reference to the Federal Standard pattern book.
MiG-29 aircraft model (Směr, 1/72)
C-8126 / S
MiG-23 - colours after medium repairs in GDR - 1989-90
(dark green - medium green - light brown)
C 7041 / S - Interior turquoise - the basis for the determination of the above shade was the paint in the cabin of the preserved MiG-23BN.
C-8251 / N - Olive green (Olivgrün 2425)
Matching shade with N-8656
C-8956 / N - Dark olive (Dunkeloliv) Matching shade with N-8658
C-8958 / N - Brown olive (Braunoliv)
Matching shade with N-8653
Bottom surfaces:
C-8941 / N - Light blue-gray (Hellblaugrau ) - Matching shade with N-8640
The basis for the determination of the above shades was a regulation on the colouring of East German aircraft from the second half of the 1980s.
C-7041 / S
New paint
C-8251 / N
C-8956 / N
C-8958 / N
C-8959 / N
C-8955 / N
C-8250 / N
Worn paint
C-8950 / N - Olive green
C-8955 / N - Dark olive
C-8959 / N - Brown olive
C-8810 - Gray (nose - radome cover)
Lower surfaces:
C-8940 / N - Light blue-gray
C-8910 / N - Gray (rear of the fuselage)
The basis for determining the above shades was MiG-23MF No. 3922, located in the Prague-Kbely Aviation Museum.
Model MiG-23MF (KP, 1/72)
C-8810
C-8940 / N
C-8941 / N
C-8910 / N
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L-39 Albatros, L-410 Turbolet - after 1980
Khaki/Dark green - light brown-green
The L-39 Albatros aircraft were delivered to the Czechoslovak Air Force from 1980 in camouflage consisting khaki CSN 5450 and light brown-green 0225 on the upper surfaces, the lower surfaces were painted with CSN 1010. Some L-410 Turbolet aircraft had the same colouring. During deliveries of Albatros in 1983, the khaki colour was replaced by dark green.The shades were not always exactly the same, the basis for the colours offered by us were the L-39 Albatros aircraft present in the Prague-Kbely Air Museum.
Aircraft model L-39ZA Albatros (Eduard, 1/72)
C-5352 - Khaki ČSLA (ČSN 5450, darker shade)
the basis for determining the shade was the paint on the UAZ military car and the paint on the Aero L-39C Albatros.
Matching with shade C-3850.
C-8056 - Light brown-green 0225
The basis for the determination of the shade was the L-39ZA Albatros, located in LM-Kbely.
Lower surfaces:
C-8010 - Pastel gray ČSN 1010
The L-39ZA Albatros aircraft, located in the Aviation Museum-Kbely, were the basis for determining the shade.
C-5352
C-8350 - Dark green
The basis for the determination of the shade was the L-39ZA Albatros, located in LM-Kbely.
C-8350
C-8056
C-8010
L-29 Delfin - after 1988
Pastel gray
The L-29 Delfin aircraft were initially flown in in natural metal colour, but during the overhaul in 1988, a grey paint of the same shade as the Albatros' undersurfaces, i.e. CSN 1010, was introduced. However, as we can see on the L-29 Delfin No. 3247 and L-39ZA Albatros No. 2433 in Aviation Muzeum Prague-Kbely, the grey colour is different on both machines. Whether the difference was due to time and weather, or whether the paint was of a slightly different shade, we cannot judge, only note this fact...
Model aircraft L-29 Delfin (Eduard, 1/48)
C 8810 - Pastel gray ČSN 1010
The basis for determining the above shade was the Aero L-29 Delfin No. 3247, located in the Aviation Museum Prague-Kbely.
C-8810
Gliders and Z-37 Čmelák
Satiety yellow
Typical yellow colour of gliders and agricultural aircraft Z-37 Čmelák. Over the years, several different shades of yellow have been used, with further changes occurring due to sunlight and weathering. As for the Z-37 Čmelák agricultural planes, these machines have also been painted with different shades over the years that were lighter than the CSN 6400 shade according to the 1980s and 1990s regulations below.
C-4560 / N - Beige (RLM 05 Elfenbein / Ivory) - original colour of German gliders used after 1945 in Czechoslovak aeroclubs
C-5061 - Yellow - gliders 50s to 70s - the basis for determining the shade were the surviving gliders Z-25 Šohaj OK-8853 (operated in 1950-74), Z-425 Šohaj 3 OK-0711 (1950-71) and LF-109 Pionýr OK-2209 (1953-74).
C-5162 - Yellow - gliders of the 50s (LF-107 Luňák and others) - the basis for determining this shade was the LF-107 Luňák glider from 1951, now hanging in the hall of the Aviation Museum in Kbely. Due to the proximity of the shade, it is not impossible that it was the shade corresponding to the German RLM 04.
C-5263 - Yellow - gliders from the 50s to the 80s - the basis for the determination of the mentioned shade were gliders VT-16 Orlik OK-2408 (operated in 1962-85) and LG-124 Galánka OK-1724 (operated in 1952-1958), now hanging in the hall of the Aviation Museum in Kbely.
C-5265 - Yellow - gliders 50s to 60s - the basis for determining the shade was the surviving glider Z-130 Kmotr OK-1240 (operated in 1952-67)
C-6560 - Mustard yellow - the colour of Z-37 Čmelák and Czechoslovak gliders (factory shade). The basis for determining the shade was information provided by Vladek Vácha of VHTM, obtained during the refurbishment of Z-37 Čmelák and VT-116 and VT-425 aircraft.
C 5360 - Dark chrome yellow (ČSN 6400) - Shade specified by the 1986 and 1991 repair regulations for VT-116 and Z-37 Čmelák aircraft. The colour was based on the 1972 Czechoslovak standard CSN 67 3067.
Aircraft models Luňák (Modela, 1/48) and Čmelák (KP, 1/72)
C-4560
C-5265
C-5061
C-6560
C-5162
C-5263
C-5360
Examples of use:
Gliders, powder aircraft ...
East-Germany Air Force - 1986-1990
Colours listed in regulation A113/1/001 (colours for aircraft, helicopters and anti-aircraft missiles in military repairs) from 1986-1990, containing TGL colour standard numbers and mixing ratios (apart from olive green No 2425, all other shades were mixed according to that regulation).
N-8656 - Olive green 2425
The colour identical to C-8251 / N
N-8658 - Dunkeloliv
The colour identical to C-8956 / N
N-8653 - Braunoliv
The colour identical to C-8958 / N
N-8610 / N - Birch gray
N-8651 / N - Fahlgrün
Bottom surfaces:
N-8640 - Light blue
The colour identical to C-8941 / N
The basis for the determination of the above shades was a regulation on the colouring of East German aircraft from the second half of the 1980s.
N-8656
N-8658
N-8653
C-8941 / N
N-8610
N-8651
Model MiG-21MF (Eduard, 1/48)
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Peewit colour designation system
using Khaki C2650 as an example:
C - country, i.e. Czechoslovakia
26 - the first two digits indicate the year of introduction of the colour in the Czechoslovak Air Force (or the approximate period when the colour is documented)
5 - the third number expresses the color shade according to the system, as it was in ČSN, in this case green (1 - gray, 2 - brown, 3 - purple, 4 - blue, 5 - green, 6 - yellow, 7 - orange, 8 - red and 9 - other).
0 - differentiate between shade variations of the same colour
The suffix (e.g. C-7351/S) indicates the country of origin if it is the colour used on aircraft delivered from abroad or repaired abroad (in this case it indicates the colour of aircraft delivered from the Soviet Union)
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