Interior Green

I use Pactra Acylric enamel zinc chromate and interior green. I bought a lot of paint when our only hobby shop in the area went out of business. I also use Model Masters zinc chromate and interior green.

Best I can determine, Testors ModelMaster "Interior Green" is correct for WWII American military cockpit interiors, and Testors "Zinc Chromate" in the little square bottle is correct for WWII wheel wells and other primered areas.

I also use Model Master interior green and green zinc chromate. Though I tend to lean towards interior green more often than not.

Darren

Yeah, John P. I almost didnt notice before when i was still starting out in the hobby that the WWII a/c wheel wells have a yellower tint. Does this apply to all airplanes?

QUOTE: Originally posted by markuz226 Yeah, John P. I almost didnt notice before when i was still starting out in the hobby that the WWII a/c wheel wells have a yellower tint. Does this apply to all airplanes?

All WWII AAF anyway. I'm not sure about WWII Navy - might have been white inside. Anybody know?

It gets confusing. Each country was different. England WWII was their own interior green/gray. Germany was RLM 66 black-gray in the cockpit, RLM 02 green-gray in the wheel wells, and anodized aluminum inside the fuselage. Japan was metallic blue in some planes and a green in some. OY!! Can't keep track without notes.

This is kind of a minefield. The interior green color from Testor's, et al. is good for most WWII a/c, but...many manufacturers, like Curtiss, used their own version of a color; most early war aircraft used Dull Dark Green or Bronze Green for areas above the line of sight, many aircraft produced on a British contract and later taken over by the USAAF had British interior green. Zinc chromate also comes in yellow and yellow-green shades, with interior areas under inspection and ammo panels often in the yellow, and landing gear wells and door interiors often in the green. It takes well-interpreted reference photos or Tech. Orders to be sure. I have seen photos of B-24 interiors in which the inner side of the skin appears to be unpainted while the structural members are in Interior Green.

I've seen a color picture of an SB2C that looks like interior green for the landing gear and doors.

I got this set from Gunze Sangyo of three interior colors for the RAF and USAF/USN. It contains a bottle of "Zinc Chromate type 1" (FS34151) for AAF, USAF and USN cockpits, "Chromate Yellow Primer" (FS33481) for AAF & Navy interior/wheel wells and "Aircraft Gray green" (BS283) for British interior/cockpit. They look accurate and credible to me since the box features color photos of real American/British a/c. Too bad I didnt buy the Gunze Sangyo acrylic thinner. Does anybody know any acrylic thinner that is both compatible and readily available in US shops?

My understanding on the landing gear colors for U.S. planes were that in the Pacific the landing gear & primed interior surfaces were chromite green. In Germany & Europe they were chromite yellow. Somebody correct me if I am wrong.

Alot of later WWII Navy aircraft had White or Dark Sea Blue wheel wells.

This is definately a loaded topic! hehe Research, research...

Fade to Black...

I use Tamiya acrylics!

I try to avoid mixing paints, because I usually start with a cockpit, and then later when I do wheel wells I need to remix and they never look the same (no matter how accurate I measure!)

Tamiya has their own interior green on the market now and it is quite light? (Perhaps they are including the scale effect???) However with a coat of future (add Tamiya flat clear for a matte finish) the interior green looks very accurate!

I'm very happy with the color!

Check it out if you're a Tamiya user like me!

great replies above to!

later

J

QUOTE: Originally posted by James Mark I use Tamiya acrylics! I try to avoid mixing paints, because I usually start with a cockpit, and then later when I do wheel wells I need to remix and they never look the same (no matter how accurate I measure!) Tamiya has their own interior green on the market now and it is quite light? (Perhaps they are including the scale effect???) However with a coat of future (add Tamiya flat clear for a matte finish) the interior green looks very accurate! I'm very happy with the color! Check it out if you're a Tamiya user like me! great replies above to! later J

Actually, when you've got two different areas of the plane such as cockpit and wheel wells, sometimes you want ever-so-subtle variations in the same colors. In the model I'm building now (Tamiya's Jeep Cherokee), I plan to paint the seats and interior walls what the Jeep corporation calls "quartz" (a pretty shade of gray); however, I'll be making ever-so-slight changes in the shade from seats to interior walls. After all, in the real thing, a leather seat isn't going to be an exact match to the vinyl (?) interior colorwise.

Keep in mind, too, a cockpit is going to receive more sun that a wheel well; you made want to use a slightly faded shade of zinc chromate in the cockpit.

For my first model - Spitfire Mk.V i used Humbrol #78 Cockpit green (both - cockpit and wheelwells), but somehow it doesn't quite match color, i have seen in photos. Humbrol also has #158 Interrior green, which looks somewhat more accurate.