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Flat Battle Grey?
Posted by Quagmyre on Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:49 AM
The Testors F8F-2 Bearcat I'm building calls for a color I have not seen for the cockpit interior. Flat Battle Grey. Can't find this color on the Testors website either. It is an old kit so I am thinking this might be an old discontinued color. Since I have at least half a dozen other greys, any idea what a close substitute / mix might be?


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Posted by Tailspinturtle on Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:23 AM
The official requirement at this time was "above the level of the instrument panel, instrument black, below, interior green." Interior green is green, as opposed to yellow, zinc chromate primer. I'd be inclined to paint the floor interior green and everything else flat black, with some white in it or drybrushed with a flat dark grey.

One fairly good set of black and white -1 photos seem to indicate that the seat, and fuselage sides above the side consoles are interior green. Tops and sides of the side consoles are black.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:30 PM
Flat battle grey is from Testor's little 1/4 oz line of paint. It is a dark to medium grey.

The interior cockpit color changed right after the post war period to dark gull grey. You might want to do some research on if the Bearcat has dark gull grey or interior green cockpit areas. Many planes around this period still have interior green/zinc chromate gear areas but with a dark gull gray cockpit area.
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