This may have been done to death, so apologies first!
I’m about to launch into Tamiya’s 1/48 Razorback. I have been a little nervous about this one, its been in my closet for a long time. (I’m inexperienced, and this was a pricey kit)
Anyway, Tamiya’s colours perplex me somewhat. For instance the interior’s overall colour states X5, which is green. Is this accurate?
I recall a model interior for US WWll aircraft beeing Chromate Green. Is X5 one in the same, or am I thinking to hard?.
Secondly, is there a site somewhere that would describe the paint colours I need for MM, if the Tamiya colours are not accurate?
Thanks for reading and your patience!
Try this site here www.ipmsstockholm.org. It has a nifty article on the interior colors of WWll aircraft and describes the diferent colors used. The P-47 color was Dark Green which is close to FS34092. The site also has a color cross-reference. Hope this helps.
imps stockholm has a bunch of color conversion charts that will tell you what the accurate color is for zinc chromate green.
The P-47’s used a different colour to zinc chromate green. It was closer to a dull-dark green. I used either XF-58 olive green or XF-13 J.A green and they seem like a close match in Tamiya’s range.
hope this helps.
I disagree with the posting’s about the P-47 having a “dark green” interior color. Yes, some did, but it depended on which factory they were built at and when. Interior green (the lighter color) was used extensively. If you are building a Razorback, you will probably be accurate using either the darker color or the interior green. Chromate green or yelow can be accurately used for the wheel wells etc. These colors vary from aircraft to aircraft. I have researched and found a combination of ALL THREE colors, chromate green, interior and a darker green in the same cockpit on one aircraft!
Steve
