Welcome to the Colors and Markings subforum!
The purpose of this subforum (as you might expect) is to discuss the historical colors and markings used on aircraft covered by the Wings of War/Wings of Glory game line, including WWI and WWII but by extension the inter-war period and beyond. Paint schemes and markings used by nations, units, and individual pilots are fair game. Topics that fall outside the area of colors and markings should be posted in the Hobby Room or other forums, including but not limited to:
- Pictures of repainted or newly-painted miniatures are usually more appropriate in the Painting Showcase, unless the picture supports a question about color or markings.
- Surface preparation, aircraft mounting, propeller disks, painting techniques (such as the use of airbrushes), etc. are best left to the Hobby Room or other subforums.
- As this forum focuses on historical colors and markings, fantasy schemes and markings (as cool as they are) should live in the Hobby Room.
- Questions about decals can live here or another forum, depending on whether they are focus on the colors and markings themselves or on more technical questions like decal application techniques.
As with all the forums and subforums on the wingsofwar.org site, please be mindful of copyright restrictions and fair use.
None of the threads should be aimed at direct promotion of a product. If you are involved in paint or decal production, it would certainly be interesting to hear how your company does color matching, but this isn't the place to tell everyone why your paints are better than all your competitors'.
While the goal of this subforum is to act as reference and guidance material, it is well known that there are more variables and unknowns in the areas of color and markings than there are hard facts. See the stickied thread, "Color: Why We'll Never Get It Exactly Right" for additional details. The goal is to give guidance and advice on choosing good matches, but there is no perfect match, and long arguments over whether PC10 was more brown or more green will probably be closed. Also beware that RGB colors you see on the screen are probably not good matches for paint colors.
When it comes to color and markings, please site your references, circumstances, and which tools you used. For instance, if you visited a museum with a color fan, please tell us which museum, the condition of the fabric, lighting conditions, etc. If you're citing from a book, please be clear which book and be aware that there have been occasional large-scale mistakes and forgeries in the history airplane colors.
Finally, thanks in advance to everyone who makes a contribution here!
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