737-300 Lufthansa-1/144 Minicraft

[Deleted member 22781]

The last wing thing in my stash. I started it a month ago then got caught up with other projects and life, just dug it out of the closet. I have the fuselage built and wings and stabilizers on and just painted the bottom of the fuselage and wings gray. I was going to do it as a Southwest livery but decals are scarce so I will use the kit decals minus the "soccer ball" nose decal.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

Here is an actual picture of the kit's livery in it's registration of D-ABXN. All the pictures I have seen seem to show the bottom in a darker gray than the engines. I'm not sure if the engines are Boeing gray but the bottom seems dark to my eyes.

 

[BarleyBop]

darker gray than the engines

No expert, but with the top lighting seemingly angled down from behind the camera and from the right (judging from the shadows), most of the flattened cylindrical engine is brightly lit. The fuselage belly is mostly out of direct sunlight.
IMHO, my money would be on "they are the same gray."

 

[Deleted member 22781]

Nope, I have seen hundreds of picture looking straight on from the side landed and the bottom is wicked darker than the engine nacelles. I thought that until I saw most every picture showed the bottom dark and the engines light.

 

[BarleyBop]

Then again... whatheheck do I know?
"Your model, your way" is the mantra around here!
It even looks like those are two-toned!

 

[Deleted member 22781]

More like my vision and I aint blind!

 

[Deleted member 22781]

BTW I checked on an airliner site and they say what you say, same gray. So I will do it as my eyes see it, dark belly and light engines. I have a tendency to be pig headed at times but when my eyes see what I see I say my eyes are what I see and thats the way it gets painted.

 

[BarleyBop]

thats the way it gets painted.

Yup, "your model, your way!"
Go for it!

 

[Deleted member 22781]

I did a little more checking, seems that metal and fiber glass or composite material can be painted with the same color but may look darker or lighter. So what they are saying is it is the same but different. On to do the same but lighter nacelles!