Military aircraft color guide

Model Airplane News, Mar 2002 by Yarrish, Gerry

PRODUCT WATCH

M&M MODELS

Ultimate scale reference Produced exclusively for Frank Tiano Enterprises, M&M Models' "Military Aircraft Color Guide" is a must-have for any scale RC modeler. This documentation booklet includes large color chips endorsed by AMA scale contest board chairman Dave Platt. Each chip is an actual custom-mixed painted sample-not a printed reproduction. Information sources for these chips include: the Federal Standard Color Guide 5958, the British Standards Institute publication (BSI) 381 C, German RLM color charts and the Chicago Scale Masters Color Guide.

The chips are categorized for U.S. Navy/Marines, U.S. Army Air Corps/USAF, Japanese Army/Navy, British Royal Air Force, German Luftwaffe, Italian Air Force and the aircraft colors for Russia, Turkey, Rumania and Hungary. All color chips measure 11/4x2 inches and are identified by country, name and number. The new M&M guide also includes two pages of U.S. military colors used from 1946 to the present day.

The booklet has a clear cover, and all of the eight 3-hole-punched pages are printed on card stock, and are removable to allow you to use them in your model's documentation presentation.

If you need a ready source for easy-to-use color clips for your next modeling project, or if you're just looking to expand your scale-documentation library, the newest M&M Military Aircraft Color Guide ($38) is an investment that will pay big dividends. -Gerry Yarrish

M&M Models; distributed by Frank Tiano Enterprises, 15300 Estancia Ln., W. Palm Beach, FL 33414; (561) 795-6600; www.franktiano.com.