Airfix 1:24 Gruman F6F-5 Hellcat colours

Here is a link for conversion of the Temperate Sea Scheme colors.

 

https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/urbans-color-reference-charts-part-i/urbans-colour-reference-charts-united-kingdom/ 

Grummen would have used MAP Standard paints - not British made, but very close match.   For interiors, I imagine the factory would have carried on with American specificied colours, whatever that may been at that time.  Could explain the mismatch of interior greens you noticed?

 

regards,

Jack

jgeratic

Grummen would have used MAP Standard paints - not British made, but very close match.   For interiors, I imagine the factory would have carried on with American specificied colours, whatever that may been at that time.  Could explain the mismatch of interior greens you noticed?

 

regards,

Jack

 

Exactly. Under Lend Lease agreements, aircraft made for other nations would use the closest US ANA paint equivalent for exterior colors, and interiors would be in the standard US production colors. 

"Could explain the mismatch of interior greens you noticed?"

Humbrol 226 = 

https://shortfinals.org/2011/03/14/f6f-5-hellcat-one-tough-fighter/

https://hiveminer.com/Tags/airplane%2Cn9265a

the photos seem much greener to my eye

I thought the same thing. I don't know what the actual Humbrol color looks like but the color on the instructions looks more like a khaki drab or faded od to me. I can't say if it's right or wrong but I decided to go with a green that's much closer to the firewall color in the first link you show. I used a medium green from Model Master and lightened it a little. I'm sure you can get there with Tamiya. I didn't reply earlier because I'm building the US version and didn't know if your version would be the same.

It's probably a mix of zinc chromate and black that gives a more lively green:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell1yellowgreendb_1.htm

 

regards,

Jack