F-14 ejection seat question

[zebra]

Has anyone had any luck matching the light brown cushion color to something from model master? I'm trying to represent a late B model. Let me know, and thanks in advance!

Ben

[toadwbg]

EDITED- i was thinking of the Delta Tomcat seats in my origional post. The A & B Tomcats have the Martin Baker seat as seen in Ishthe47guy post photo below

I'd just mix whatever paints you have on hand and not go out to buy a special color for this. Besides, different shades, dry brushing, and washes will add a lot of depth and color variation.

Edited November 17, 2007 by toadwbg

[Reddog]

Has anyone had any luck matching the light brown cushion color to something from model master? I'm trying to represent a late B model. Let me know, and thanks in advance!

Ben

The seat cushions in the Tomcats where dark green, model master dark green is a perfect match. Never saw a brown seat cushion in a Tomcat during my 14 years, well, one time, but that was the pilots fault. :blink:

[Ishthe47guy]

[toadwbg]

I booboo'd in my origional post, I was thinking of the D Tomcat seats and not the A & B. I edited it.

That's a nice picture of the A, B Tomcat seat and the one I've used for refrence.

Trouble is- There are obvisouly 2 different colors going on for the "soft" goods. The Nylon is almost mettalic looking green around the cushion. . Where the cushion itself looks almost Olive Drab to me.

I've always had difficulty replicating this mettalic nylon color. I added some yellow to green and that at looked sort of spiffy I thought. But color to taste.

[Reddog]

Nice pic but it is of an early factory fresh seat. Fleet Tomcats didn't have seat cushions like that and the parachute pack was not that color.

Reddog

[Expat Tomcat]

These seat cushions get a real work out, and fuel residue all over them. With wear, chemical residue and exposure to sunlight, they weather to a kind of dingy light drab color most of the time. Sometimes a little blue-ish, sometimes tan-ish, depending on the cloth lot. I'd paint with a medium olive drab, then wash the shading on for the shadows, then dry brush the highlights with a lighter tint if the original o.d. color. Go a little heavier at the top of the cushion with the drybrushing as the top part of the seat back got more wear and sunlight exposure than the bottom.

[Skull Leader]

Yeah, the seat cushions got enough wear and tear that just about any drab color (green OR brown, if not both) would work. Nice and dirty. I've also not seen a pair of ejection handles THAT clean in pretty much any cockpit photo I've ever looked at. The yellow is typically much more faded/stained.

Edited November 17, 2007 by Skull Leader

[fasteagle12]

I booboo'd in my origional post, I was thinking of the D Tomcat seats and not the A & B. I edited it.

That's a nice picture of the A, B Tomcat seat and the one I've used for refrence.

Trouble is- There are obvisouly 2 different colors going on for the "soft" goods. The Nylon is almost mettalic looking green around the cushion. . Where the cushion itself looks almost Olive Drab to me.

I've always had difficulty replicating this mettalic nylon color. I added some yellow to green and that at looked sort of spiffy I thought. But color to taste.

The ejection site has the seat you're looking for. Here is the web address: http://www.ejectionsite.com/frame_sg.htm

Hope this helps...