Upper lozenge pattern
Lower lozenge pattern
ILLUSTRATIONS: COURTESY MODEL AVIATION
One of the best reference sources for the German WWI lozenge pattern was the Bill Boss C/L Scale column in the January 1985 Model Aviation. Rob used
the two graphics from that column, shown above to create the painting masks he describes in this article.
GERMAN WWI FIVE COLOR LOZENGE FORMULAS
________________________________________ Five Color Lozenge — UPPER ________________________________________ # Per AMA Jan 1985 article
1 M Gray-Violet (d,e) 2 O Khaki 3 P Gray-Green 4 G Gray-Blue 5 B Blue
Federal Standard (FS) Model Master (MM) 36081 + 37144
1788 Euro Gray + 2013 Violet
30227 34227 35042 25102 36231+ 37142
+ 2009 British Crimson 1742 Dk Tan
1716 Pale Green 1718 Sea Blue 2030 True Blue
1740 Dk Gull Gray + 2013 Violet
1735 Wood 2013 Violet
2087 Hellblau 78 + 2765 Turquiose + 1713 Med Green
1720 Intermed Blue
Methuen Between 17E5 and 17E6
4D6 and 5D 28D5 and 28D6 24E6 and 24F6 21E6 and 21E7 14D4 and 15D4 2P/3.0/6.8
5.5Y/5.8/5.6 and 8.5YR/5.2/5.3
6.5GY/5.7/3.2 and 7GY/5.6/4.4
6B/3.7/3.9 and 7B/2.9/3.0
5.5PB/3.2/6.4 and 5PB/2.9/7.6
________________________________________ Five Color Lozenge — LOWER ________________________________________ 6 M Gray-Rose (a,c)
9.5P/5.1/5.1 and 5.5P/5.0/5.3
+ 2009 British Crimson 7 O Tan 8 P Rose-Gray (a,c) 9 G Turquoise (b) 10 B Blue
Color Validation References:
AMA January 1985, Control Line, Scale, Bill Boss, Pgs 69, 170, 171
IPMS internet resources
Procedure Followed: I had an out of print copy of Federal Standard (FS) 595a paint chips, the relevant chips of which I referred to for this document to make reference and color matching easier. Note that the FS fan deck is still available and contains additional colors. Some of the Model Master (MM) paints reference FS numbers. For those FS numbers for which MM paint was not available, I mixed colors to get close to the FS chip. The Methuen and Munsell references are from plastic modeler internet sources.
FLYING MODELS 20400 37142+36231 35299 35164 4B6 and 5B6 12C5 and 12D5
+ 2009 British Crimson 5.5RP/4.6/5.2 +1740 Dk Gull
24D4 and 25D4 21D6 and 22D6 __________________________________________________________
Notes: a) No MM color exists for FS 37142. Mix (2) parts MM 2013 Violet with (1) part MM 2009 British Crimson.
b) The MM 2765 Turquoise is way too blue when compared to the FS 35299 paint chip. The Turquoise used is very close to MM 2087 RLM Hellblau 78 which contains a lot of green. MM 2135 Russian Interior Blue/Green appears to be an even closer match. Start with (4) parts MM 2765 Turquiose and mix in increments of (3) parts MM 2087 RLM Hellblau 78 and (1) part MM 1713 Med Green.
c) No single color chip exists here since the final color is a mixture of two color chips FS 36231 and FS 37142. See also (a).
d) No single color chip exists here since the final color is a mixture of two color chips FS 36081 and FS 37144. See also (e).
e) No MM color exists for FS 37144. Mix (2) parts MM 2013 Violet with (2) parts MM 2009 British Crimson.
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8.5B/5.3/2.7 and 1.5B/5.3/1.9
6PB/4.0/7.9 and 4.5PB/4.3/7.4
3.5Y/7.6/7.7 and 7.5YR/7.3/7.6
5.5RP/5.4/5.9 and
Munsell Between 2.5P/3.6/5.5 and
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