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World War II: USA
Aircraft of the United States in WWII.
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Olive drab for Mustang
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 12:05 AM UTC
Hi all,Ive been asked to build a P51D for a mate of mine he wants it in olive drab,now is this a different drab that I would use on armour I can only get humbrol tamyia or revell at the moment.next question,is humbrol interior green ok for U.S. planes.thanks for any help.
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 12:26 AM UTC
Can't comment on the humbrol interior green, as I'm not familiar with it.

As for the OD, yes it's the same on Aircraft and Armor.
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 01:48 AM UTC
Many thanks Chuck.
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 01:52 AM UTC
Hi John.
For American WW2 cockpit interiors I use Humbrol 117.
Hope this helps.
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:19 PM UTC
Cheers Nigel,sorry I didnt post any photo's of my mark9 spitfire,the chap i built it for couldnt wait to get his hands on it, he was really chufed but I wasnt it was my first plane and I was very critical of it espescially the Dday stripes.well I hope to improve on the Mustang,thanks for the help.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 03:13 AM UTC
Hi John,

North American painted their P-51 cockpits a dark green. I don't know if those built by other plants used the same or the ubiquotous interior green.

Fresh OD used on acft was a dark color, railroad Pullman Green is close, or Tamiya out of the bottle. However, it weathered of course, and I have some color pix of Gentile's "Shangri La" in which it was a brownish-OD.

I recently bought a magazine with a recent article by US acft guru Dana Bell, about WWII OD. It opened my eyes to some things. If you'd like, I'll pull it out and give specifics.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 04:26 AM UTC


Rloquil Cockpit colors set: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXG566&P=0
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 02:18 PM UTC
Thanks for the help and the link Fred, that bird is certainly weathered,thats the look I want.
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Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 01:50 AM UTC
Hi John, et al.,

I just posted a letter concerning WWII USAAC/ USAAF OD taken from Mr. Bell's article: Olive Drab, WWII, USAAF
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