SEARCH FINESCALE.COM

Enter keywords or a search phrase below:

Academy P-38F Glacier Girl paint colour

909 views
2 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: Grand Bay, New Brunswick ,Canada
Academy P-38F Glacier Girl paint colour
Posted by MECHTECH on Monday, August 17, 2020 7:26 AM

Recently bought the Academy rendition of the P-38F "Glacier Girl". While going through the instructions, I noticed a paint triangle that has a number but doesn't say what the  colour is. The tag is for the cockpit area, a black triangle with the number '14' in it. Presumably the #14 stands for a certain colour, but the colour isn't listed. I am thinking that it might stand for "Green Zinc Chromate". It is the colour of the radios, walls and floor of the cockpit. Anybody else????

Tags: Glacier Girl
  • Member since
    August 2017
Posted by laskdjn on Monday, August 17, 2020 8:04 AM

Rumors of od green? 

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/p-38-cockpit-interior-colour-suggestion-t508385-s10.html

2 coats of zinc chromate and 1 coat of yellow green primer? 

 

Hopefully people who know better than me can answer more thoroughly

  • Member since
    June 2013
Posted by bvallot on Monday, August 17, 2020 9:19 AM

According to IMPS Stockholm, early production P-38s had Olive Drab cockpits. Later down the line the -Fs thru -Hs were switched to Interior Green. However, the IP, control column, radios, and rudder pedals were all in black. They go on to note that there are instances where it seems subcontractors would deliver certain parts like the pilot seat/armor plate in the original OD Green. Those instances seem rare.

 

On the bench:  

Tamiya F4U-1  Kenneth Walsh

 

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

SEARCH FORUMS
FREE NEWSLETTER
By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy.