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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Medina, Ohio
Posted by wayne baker on Friday, May 23, 2003 11:54 AM
Thanks for the info. I was thinking that 34109 might be a match. It lines up with German RLM 25. I can't find a manufacturer of that color. I have a bottle of Pactra Leaf Green that also looks close, but it might be gloss. I haven't used it in years, but it still flows. I'll look at 34092 again.

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2003 7:58 AM
I double checked, and it is the Euro. 1 dark green that comes the closest to the dull dark green shown in the Detail & Scale
FS 34092
Eourpean 1 Dk. Green
is the way it appears on the Model Master bottle, and the October '97 issue of Fine Scale Modeler is what I used to find that color with. The article was titled "WW II Aircraft Interior Colors". I hope this gives you a good starting point! Good luck on your T-Bolt!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:09 PM
according to a build review in Tamiya model magazine Feb/Mar 03 issue(modmagint@aol.com) Only Curtiss built P-47's had interior green cockpits, and they never saw combat. The reviewer used a bronze green in this article, then drybrushed and did the usual, looks quite effective too.Hope this helps.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:57 PM
I had a problem with this too! I drove myself nearly insane trying to find what Detail & Scale refered to "dull dark green". There is no real F.S. color number for it. I found in an old issue of Fine Scale Modeler a reference to this color, and they said that the closest match is the European 1 Dark Green (if I remember correctly). I checked it out and sure enough it was! Let me check on it to verify the color and I'll try to find which issue that was in.
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Medina, Ohio
P-47 cockpit color
Posted by wayne baker on Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:35 PM
The Detail and Scale book states that Republic built a/c used a dull dark green for the interior, instead of interior green. It doesn't a FSN or ANA number for the color. It has pictures of an unrestored cockpit. Does anyone know the number or another name for this paint. Suggestions for a hobby color?


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 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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