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Spitfire canopy inside
nick_pal
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 - 01:48 PM UTC
Hi all, just wondering what the inside canopy frame colour would be for an raf spitfire ..cockpit green or....??
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 - 05:45 PM UTC
This set of photos is by far the absolute best reference for Spitfire cockpits on the entire interwebs. From this, it's plain to see that the canopy frames are black inside.
nick_pal
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 - 06:15 PM UTC

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This set of photos is by far the absolute best reference for Spitfire cockpits on the entire interwebs. From this, it's plain to see that the canopy frames are black inside.


Bloody hell, that's one of the best reference sites I've ever seen. Cheers Jessica!!
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Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 06:20 AM UTC
Cheers Jessie

Superb pics! Interestingly, the frames of the rear fixed section of the canopy look to be unpainted in this instance, along with the fuselage interior behind the seat.

A note of caution there, though: Edgar Brooks has noted that the area behind the seat was painted Grey Green in many Spitfires (I can't remember offhand the specifics of which marks or factory(s)) - so would that have extended to the rear canopy frames?

All the best

Rowan
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