Airfix Paint Codes (from years ago)

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Airfix Paint Codes (from years ago)

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I have trawled all through this folder and cannot find anything that may elude to the answers I seek:

Does anyone know where there is a list of all the old codes Airfix used and the current equivalents:

G7 G9 etc M12 or whatever as are on an old kit callout

I can guess that ithe prefix is Gloss and or Matt but the following numbers don't logically then correspond to any on my Humbrol paint chart!

Thanks in advance for any help forthcoming
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Thanks kind Sir. Just what I was after.
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You are most welcome.
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MATT COLOURS

Airfix Humbrol
1 - Brick Red ..................... 70 - Brick Red
2 - Slate Grey ................... 27 - Slate Grey
3 - Olive Green ................ 116 - US Dark Green
4 - Manila ....................... 103 - Cream
5 - Light Brown ................ 29 - Dark Earth
6 - Black .......................... 33 - Black
7 - Flesh .......................... 61 - Flesh
8 - Duck Egg Blue ............ 90 - Beige Green
9 - Light Beige ................. 72 - Khaki Drill
10 - White ........................ 34 - White
11 - Middle Blue ................ 96 - RAF Blue
12 - Red ............................ 73 - Wine Red
13 - Light Aircraft Grey ...... 166 - Light Aircraft Grey
14 - Buff ............................ 74 - Linen
15 - Deep Cream .............. 24 - Trainer Yellow
16 - Vellum ....................... 23 - Duck Egg Blue
17 - Dark Green ............... 75 - Bronze Green
18 - Lt Brunswick Green ... 76 - Uniform Green
19 - Signal Red ................. 60 - Scarlet
20 - Aircraft Grey/Green .... 78 - Cockpit Green
21 - Olive Drab .................. 66 - Olive Drab
22 - RAF Blue/Grey ............ 79 - Blue Grey
23 - Golden Brown ............. 62 - Leather
24 - Khaki Drill ................... 26 - Khaki
25 - Light Blue ................... 65 - Aircraft Blue
26 - Light Bronze Green..... 226 - Interior Green
27 - Oxford Blue ............... 104 - Oxford Blue
MV1 - Matt Varnish ............. 49 - Matt Varnish

GLOSS COLOURS
1 - Post Office Red ............ 19 - Bright Red
2 - Yellow .......................... 69 - Yellow
3 - White .......................... 22 - White
4 - Black ........................... 21 - Black
5 - Mid Brunswick Green .....3 - Brunswick Green
6 - French Blue ................. 14 - French Blue
9 - Dark Brown ................. 10 - Service Brown
10 - Pale Blue .................... 47 - Sea Blue
11 - Crimson ...................... 20 - Crimson
13 - Oxford Blue ................ 15 - Midnight Blue
14 - Dove Grey .................. 40 - Pale Grey
17 - Orange ...................... 18 - Orange
18 - Golden Brown .............. 9 - Tan
GV1 - Clear Polyurethane ...35 - Gloss Varnish

METALLIC COLOURS
7 - Gold ............................ 16 - Gold
8 - Silver ........................... 11 - Silver
12 - Copper ....................... 12 - Copper Plate
15 - Bronze ........................ 54 - Brass
16 - Middle Graphite .......... 53 - Gunmetal
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Thank you too, kind sir.. In my defence m'lord ... I did have a rattle round over at yours but couldn't easily find this - I didtry searches etc
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