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Good question. Something I would like to know also. This photo of the Canadian Mosquito indicates the wheel well was lacquered aluminum (though this could be a later repaint) and the doors and outer surfaces were interior green.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3822/9254602124_fb03e3ef88_b.jpg
But this photo is even more interesting.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/9251816711_ca76d980f4_b.jpg
It appears that the rear wheel well was interior green.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2814/9254602720_4f8103fb08_b.jpg
Hope someone comes up with a more definite answer.
Gary
On most unrestored examples the bays are Grey Green, sometimes the sidewalls Aluminium. The undercarriage itself was Aluminium.
Thank you... I'll go with the grey green and aluminium.
Joe
I'm currently also building a 1/48 scale DH Mosquito, and as with most British aircraft,
"Interior Green", FS 34151, is what this & every British plane kit has indicated to use (that I've built).
AL Fiero - the color in the pics looks very similar to Testors Model Master RAF Interior Green (Acrylic # 4850, Enamel # 2062) than the Interior Green you're using. FS 34151 Interior Green looks too green/yellow compared to RAF Interior Green. I plan on using RAF Interior Green for all my WW2 RAF aircrafts.
The official/correct name is Grey Green or Aircraft Grey Green BS 381C 283 and is not the same colour as ANA611 Interior Green.
Do a search on Aircraft Grey Green BS 381C 283. You will find a wide range of colors and it all depends on what one would feel is the best match. I can still use RAF Interior Green and simply weather it using Black Detail Wash.
Other colors that identifies as Aircraft Grey Green:
Vallejo #102 German Field Grey WWII
Humbrol #78 Cockpit Green
Tamiya XF22 RLM Grey
Gunze Aqueous #70
Even if you physically do swatch samples on a piece of paper of each paint brand color, you will find them in different shades. It all comes down to the modeller's choice.
AL Fiero I'm currently also building a 1/48 scale DH Mosquito, and as with most British aircraft, "Interior Green", FS 34151, is what this & every British plane kit has indicated to use (that I've built).
RAF Interior Green and US Interior Green arte two completely different shades.
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This could not have been more perfectly timed....I'm building a Mosquito as well.
Thanks for the links and colors.
On the bench: Tamyia Mosquito Mk. VI for the '44 group build. Yes, still.
On deck:
Thanks for the swatch comparisons, stik.
Great input folks. Diggin' the samples. My formula for RAF interior grey-green is XF-71 Cockpit Green with a touch of XF-66 Light Grey to well........."grey" it up a bit. I don't know how correct it is, but this looks about right to my eye. Here's my Spit MK. IX to see how that mixture looks....
Looks good, Joe. I like it!
It's funny, but when I posted the links to the photos above and said "interior green", I realized later that it might be confused with the "US interior green". However, I reasoned that it was an RAF aircraft and people would understand I was talking about "RAF Interior Green" (ModelMaster color 2062).
Guess I should be more precise.
That really looks good lawdog. I like it!
What a thread! Just another example of the good help that's available here.
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