Colour RLM 45 dark red??? / He 162 nose colour

[D.B. Andrus]

Hello Simon,

According to the color charts in Ken Merrick's Luftwaffe Camouflage and Markings(recent publication) RLM 45 is, as the folks above have stated, a red/brown - slightly lighter in value and a bit more red than than FS 30109.

HTH,
D.B. Andrus

[Pilot]

Simon- can this conversion into the black and white be possible to match type of film used?

[Simon Schatz]

Originally Posted by D.B. Andrus

Hello Simon,

According to the color charts in Ken Merrick's Luftwaffe Camouflage and Markings(recent publication) RLM 45 is, as the folks above have stated, a red/brown - slightly lighter in value and a bit more red than than FS 30109.

HTH,
D.B. Andrus

I'm sorry but I can't find a colour chart of RLM 45 in this publication! In part one are charts showing FLIEGERLACK 7142 redbrown and FLIEGERLACK 7130 redbrown

7142 was used for propeller blades.

7130 (7131) was the base for wood, but had to be overpainted with FLIEGERLACK 7132 and 7135

Does anybody have an idea of the colour of FLIEGERLACK 7135?

Cheers, Simon

[D.B. Andrus]

Simon

When Mr. Merrick's early charts from the first volume were produced an error was made in the 'Farbtontafel' chart(fold-over with orange Farben-Kiroff-Technik logo on back). Shade RLM 45 was accidentally inserted in the RLM 28 Weinrot space and captioned as 28, you will notice in the 'Sonderdruck aus L.Dv. 521/1' chart that 28 is correctly placed and captioned. This error may have been rectified in subsequent copies of the charts. I apologize for my confusing post.

Best Regards,
D.B. Andrus