the "real" green zinc chromate

here is a website that has been posted before when a similar question was asked.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/01/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us.htm

- jamey

Model Master Green Zinc Chromate is an accurate shade, but all the shades varried throughout the war. The shade in photographs will vary due to lighting and surroundings. It might not even be GZC, but Interior Green. I'm working on a B-25 right now and there are a million ways to make Bronze Green which is the cockpit color for early ones. Some of the mixes are also the same for Dark Dull Green. GZC will also weather and possibly darken, or fade due to exposure to the sun. Use what ever color you want and what ever shade you like. No one can ever tell you that you're wrong.

I have seen at least ten different interpretations of zinc chromate. Can you post a pic of the one you've seen? I actually think the colour varied quite a bit depending on manufacturing plant. I use Tamiya's Interior Green for some of my models, and from what I've seen that's a decent representation of a lot of interiors, especially when darkened a bit with black.