Thank you in advance for your help. I have recently purchased an actual piece of a B-29 (crawl tube door to be exact). One side is going to be polished aluminum, and the other side will be painted. A search of this forum was quite helpful in leads as to what color that should be. I have found Federal Standard 33481 (yellow/green zinc chromate) to be the closest to what I need. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find a link anywhere to a place where a spray can or two of this can be purchased. Does anybody have any ideas as to where I can find this? The diameter of the door is about 29 inches, which puts the surface area at 660 square inches if my math is correct. Thank you all again!!
If I knew how to post photos, I could include a photo of an actual b-29 bomb bay from Wright-Patterson AFB, which is the color it needs to be, but I don’t know how : (
i’ve never seen it in a spray can,only the MM 1/2 oz bottles,maybe take a bottle or sample to an aotubody paint mixer and have them match it for you and make a quart
Thank you very much for the above link. I have a question though. It seems as though some paint schemes say yellow/green (as it appears to be a combination), rather than simply yellow OR green as the cans above are. Any input as to which color is appropriate?
The picture I took of the inside of “Bock’s Car” from Wright Patterson AFB seems to show the lower portion of the bomb bay as more green, but the upper portion as a mixture of yellow green. I need to figure out how to post that pic!!
When you say “some paint schemes” are you talking about inside model kits? To answer that question, rather than get the color right some model companies push their own paint line. Zinc chromate is a yellow-green color.
I think you’ll be ok if you order a can of the Green Zinc Chromate primer… good luck!
Thanks for the above response. When I mentioned paint schemes, that is from both models kits seen online and actual Federal/Military warbird schemes. The problem is, the green seems too green, and the yellow seems too yellow. “Yellow/green” seems like it would be the perfect color, but I do not see that anywhere. Seems to be either yellow OR green as the above link to the zinc chromate paint shows.
When you look at the picture I linked to above, the crawl tube is definately lighter than the green below it. I’m afraid a pure green will end up that color. I’m so confused.