Hi i am awear that there is 3 main colours of chromate used in US built plane's.
I have Tamiyas yeallow green , testors green chromate and Mr Hobbies green interior. I am mainly after aircraft that Australia used in WW2.
So help with a list of planes and the colour used would be awesome as i hope to add it to an article for the site! cheers and thanks in advance!
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after peoples help with chromate
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 12:07 AM UTC
aussiemodeler
Victoria, Australia
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KitMaker: 266 posts
AeroScale: 26 posts
Joined: May 23, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 11:59 AM UTC
well for a start i know the P-51's use the yellow chromate. DC-3's use the testers green chromate not sure if the P-40 use's the My Hobbies intirior green?
Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 04:06 PM UTC
Researcher Dana Bell of the National Air and Space Museum has written about interior colors:
Aviation Color Primers, An Introduction to Aluminum Powders,
Alclad, Aluminum Primers and Paints
on US Military Aircraft 1924-1944
and
Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45
Part I
Rule of thumb, where crew were present the color was "interior green", and where crew were not meant to be, it was zinc chromate yellow.
Aviation Color Primers, An Introduction to Aluminum Powders,
Alclad, Aluminum Primers and Paints
on US Military Aircraft 1924-1944
and
Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45
Part I
Rule of thumb, where crew were present the color was "interior green", and where crew were not meant to be, it was zinc chromate yellow.