Colour Information

In Memoriam

Klaas Willem Jonker
(Wilko)
† April 30, 2018

On Monday, April 30, 2018, Wilko Jonker passed away after a long illness at the age of 58. He leaves behind a wife and two children. The Dutch military aviation and plastic model building were his hobby and on this website he has shared all the knowledge he has gathered about it over the many years. His hobby was able to distract him from the raging disease in his body until the last week of his life. The contacts with other hobbyists were a major support for him.

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At delivery to the Netherlands the aircraft were applied with several paint schemes, depending of were they were originating from.
Some aircraft had a RAF camouflage pattern, such as FS325, others were overall trainer yellow, such as FT317; the BS830 had a red cowling. Wing-walks were dark grey. anti glare panel was black. Initially the RAF fin flash was on the rudder in combination with the Dutch roundels.
At the end of the forties all aircraft were completely overhauled and a new colour schema of overall trainer yellow was applied, with black original RAF serial.
Later the scheme was modified again. The Dutch B-serial was in black on the fuselage, the RAF-serial in small, black letters on the tail under the fin flash. The anti glare panel was smaller.
Later ‘day-glo” panels on fuselage and the cowling were added. Also the anti glare panel was enlarged. On the tail the B-serial and the US-number was applied. The fin flash was deleted. [during the fifties more and more aircraft were equipped with a radio compass.]

Scheme		Colour name	FS number	BS-number	Humbrol	XtraColor	Vallejo Model Color	Vallejo Model Air	Hataka
Colour schemes Aircraft RNlAF
Delivery scheme: Standard RAF-training scheme (most aircraft)	Upper Surfaces	Dark green		BS:641	163	X001	70.892	71.324	~143
	Upper Surfaces	Dark Earth		BS:450	29	X002	70.921	71.323	~206
	Lower surfaces	Yellow		BS: 356	154;	X106	70.953	71.078	~066

Standard #2	Overall Yellow serials black. Small RAF serial under finflash.	Yellow (Identifcation Yellow)		BS:356	154	X106	70.953	71.078	~066
Aircraft of base flight e.g. B-66;
Standard #3	Upper surfaces	Dark Green		BS:641	163	X001	70.892	71.324	~143
	Upper surfaces	Extra Dark Sea Grey		BS:640	125 / 164	X004 / X376	70.994	71.110	~140
	Lower surfaces	PRU Blue		BS:636	124 / 230	X008			~207
Aircraft RNlNAS
Delivery scheme: Standard RAF scheme	Upper surfaces	Dark Green		BS:641	163	X001	70.892	71.324	~143
	Upper surfaces	Dark Earth		BS:450	29	X002	70.921		~206
	Lower surfaces	Yellow		BS:356	154;	X106	70.953	71.078	~066
Some aircraft e.g. 12-3 received later an overall Extra Dark Sea Grey scheme
Standard #2	Overall xtra Dark Sea Grey serials white. small RAF serial under finflash.	Extra Dark Sea Grey	~6099	BS:640	123 / 106	X005 / X376	70.866	71.110	~140
Standard #3	Overall Yellow serials black Day Glo panels.	Yellow (Orange Yellow)	FS13538		154	X106	70.953	71.078	~066
Standard #3	Overall Yellow serials black Day Glo panels.	Orange day glo			209?		70.733?		-
Aircraft NEIAF
Standard #1	Overall Yellow serials black.	Yellow (Identifcation Yellow)		BS:356	154	X106	70.953	71.078	~066