Luftwaffe Colours - They Don't Make it Easy

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So I'm doing some planning for my 190A8/A8R2 and Tamiya do their own thing with colours. I need XF24 + XF27 which I can sustitute with Vallejo Air Dark Grey Blue + Black Green.
However AS4 and AS5 had me stumped. Most if ot all conversion charts I've seen dont even mention the AS range and one that did listed no equivelent in any make. So far I think

AS-4 = Vallejo Greyish Blue or Revel Greyish Blue

AS-5 = Vallejo Air Sky Type S with maybe a drop of greyish blue

But I know a few have done Luftwaffe fighters and any recommendations for clours would be much appreciated. I have quite a few Vallejo Air now so can probably find a close match. Basically what have you used for these mid/late WWII aircraft ?
 

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Easiest way to convert what you need is.

For upper surfaces: RLM 74 and RLM 75

Underneath RLM 76
 

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RLM76 is Vallejo 71046. 74 is 71054, 75 is 741259 or 71.128
 

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Wealth of info here. My go to page for RLM uses

 
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Lots of words = reading. I'll give it a go. Where's Alexa when you want her ? :smiling:
RLM76 is Vallejo 71046. 74 is 71054, 75 is 741259 or 71.128

I've got a couple of 71.101 which is Light Blue RLM78 which is close enough for me for this one. Using RLM and Modelshade.com does help a lot. I was just getting a bit frustrated by the lackof AS conversion colours but close enough is good enough for me. Thanks
 
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