P47 cockpit interior

Go with interior green !

Tamiya is great but ... not with providing color references! 

There are tons of cockpit pictures available. I will combine some set and provide on the P-47 GB within next few days.

Tamiya P-47 is just great as it is. I am building "M" now and the only thing I used was a seat belt set from the Eduard PE. I just wasted the whole set just for seatbelts, but it was not necessary to use them anyway. Tamiya did an exceptional job with detailing cockpit.

gzt wrote:

Go with interior green ! Tamiya is great but ... not with providing color references!  There are tons of cockpit pictures available. I will combine some set and provide on the P-47 GB within next few days. Tamiya P-47 is just great as it is. I am building "M" now and the only thing I used was a seat belt set from the Eduard PE. I just wasted the whole set just for seatbelts, but it was not necessary to use them anyway. Tamiya did an exceptional job with detailing cockpit.

According to "P-47 Thuunderbolt in detail & scale", T-Bolts built by Republic had the interior painted in what they called a "dull dark green".  It is definitely a darker color than interior green.  There is a color chip in the Osprey Modelling "Modelling the P-47 Thunderbolt" book.  To my eyes, it looks like a green with maybe a touch of black in it.   

This is a good info. Thanks.

I think using interior green would be justified since the color will fade anyway, plus if viewed in such dark environment darker will loose a lot of details. Having black details on top of dark green may create very dark effect and all the work on the cockpit details would be lost in darkness

When I saw this cockpit of P-47N (Norma) I almost painted my cockpit with this scheme

but I decided to go with interior green what gave me pretty good contrast and keep everything very close to what I saw on other aircraft (P-47s)

AJAX007 wrote:

According to "P-47 Thuunderbolt in detail & scale", T-Bolts built by Republic had the interior painted in what they called a "dull dark green".  It is definitely a darker color than interior green.  There is a color chip in the Osprey Modelling "Modelling the P-47 Thunderbolt" book.  To my eyes, it looks like a green with maybe a touch of black in it.

Yup, it's most definitely a darker color.  Out of the bottle, Model Master's Euro Dark Green is a close match for Dark Dull Green, but I usually add a drop or two of black to get a bit closer to the original color. 

Keyworth wrote:

AJAX007 wrote: According to "P-47 Thuunderbolt in detail & scale", T-Bolts built by Republic had the interior painted in what they called a "dull dark green".  It is definitely a darker color than interior green.  There is a color chip in the Osprey Modelling "Modelling the P-47 Thunderbolt" book.  To my eyes, it looks like a green with maybe a touch of black in it.      Yup, it's most definitely a darker color.  Out of the bottle, Model Master's Euro Dark Green is a close match for Dark Dull Green, but I usually add a drop or two of black to get a bit closer to the original color.

I agree I like to use Model master's Euro1 dark green

Thanks Guys !

Good point for my next Jug

I'll third the Model Master Euro Dark Green.  It's the closest match out of the bottle that I've found.

Regards,  Rick

AJAX007 wrote:

According to "P-47 Thuunderbolt in detail & scale", T-Bolts built by Republic had the interior painted in what they called a "dull dark green".  It is definitely a darker color than interior green.  There is a color chip in the Osprey Modelling "Modelling the P-47 Thunderbolt" book.  To my eyes, it looks like a green with maybe a touch of black in it.

It just so happens I ordered this particular book on 8/25 and much to my disapointment it has yet to arrive. I don't know what's taking Amazon.com so long, they are saying Sept 4th.

Thanks everyone for the input.

To add to the Dull Dark Green topic- Medium Green 42 is also a good match. It is the WWII AAF color that later became Euro I Green 34092. Polly Scale, Humbrol, Gunze, and most other paint manufacturers make one of these colors in their product lines. Only P-47s built by a subcontractor- Curtiss I believe- used 34151 Interior Green in the cockpit. And those birds were kept stateside for training duties.

See the P-47 section of this link for more info.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/02/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part2.htm