heres one for you, i'm building a FW190 that will have dropped flaps courtesy of an etched set, but there is no paint colour for the inner section would it be the same as the cockpit or a different colour?
thanks in advance
phil

I found an article about Luftwaffe painting orders. Here: http://hsfeatures.com/fw190d932bg_1.htm

"For aircraft without separate flaps, the flap `well' and interior of the flap was painted with RLM 02. This is also true of the radiator flap and cowl flap areas. "
"Some late war Fw-190's exhibited natural metal flap areas. "

I hope this helps.

that certainly does help! i have an unopened tin of extracolour RLM 02 in my paints drawer

Yes Phil I would go with RLM 02. Be aware though that I have recently seen a seat of wooden flaps for the 190D. If as often happened later in the war tha flap inners might not have been painted. I'm not sure whether the flaps were always wood or were made of wood later in the war. Wood or metal, if painted, they would be RLM 02, so that's the safe route
Mal

The wooden flaps you refer to were quite rare and only used on very late war aircraft built at dispersed workshops.One example being the FW 190 D13 still preserved in America,the use of wood came about because of shortages of metals and was used to make flight control surfaces and access panels.Unless you are building a late war 190 stick with RLM 02.

Hi Andrew, welcome to Armorama
Thanks for clearing that up, I figured that this was the case, but as I had only recently seen the "wooden flaps" for the 190D, it was just an assumption. Then again who knows for sure
Mal