Tamiya 1:32 Vought F4U-1 Corsair "Birdcage" #60324

Aggieman

I have this kit in my stash, so I've not gone through this yet.  But I tend to take a look at this article when doing US aircraft:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/05/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part3.htm

There is a good section on the Corsair contained in this link.

 

Thanks for the link Aggieman, thats has helped clear the water.

 "For the F4U-1 Birdcage Corsairs, photos taken at the time show the cockpits being a very dark colour, most probably black. Analysis of some crashed examples of F4U-1s indicates black, while the factory Erection & Maintenance Instructions called for Dull Dark Green. As mentioned before, early production Corsairs had their interior surfaces in areas other than the cockpit covered with Salmon primer. This colour mixture was used relatively long into Corsair production. It would seem that all F4U-1s and a number of early  F4U-1As were finished this way.

Somewhere during the production of F4U-1A model Vought discontinued the use of Salmon primers and switched to Zinc Chromate Yellow with cockpits in Interior Green."

I have this kit in my stash, so I've not gone through this yet.  But I tend to take a look at this article when doing US aircraft:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/05/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part3.htm

There is a good section on the Corsair contained in this link.