F4U-1 Cockpit help please :Update 3:

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What colour is the interior of the Corsair? I cant seem to find any decent pics. I am guessing Zinc Chromate if so is there a Humbrol enamel that comes close?

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Either zinc chromate green or interior green heres a couple of pics of the cockpit. Ive seen the sides painted black and ive seen them green your choice.

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You probably want interior green, but that is not listed as a Humbrol color. If you can get chromate green, add some black to it, to darken it. The color is refered to as ANA 611/ FS24151.

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Thanks guys, the pics certainly help. Humbrol do an interior green but I think that is a British version and seems a lot greener than the yellowish green of the chromate. Might have to see if I can find a vallejo or Tamiya chromate.

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You won’t find a Tamiya chromate unfortunately. They always recommend a “blend”[sigh] Best bet would probably be Vallejo

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I’ve added yellow to hombrols’ interior green before with good results, besides, I’m sure interiors after combat and repairs and wear and tear are various shades before too long anyway. I work on twin Otters and king airs and I always see different shades in different parts, even brand new aircraft too, I walked past one of Westjets relatively new 737s that had the tail panels apart and I saw a couple different shades in there.

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Here is my Home-Mix interior green it is made from Humbrol 131/80/81 seems ok to me.

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Looks good from here

Bud

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I posed this same question for painting wheel wells on my Dart and it was suggested to mix black and yellow to desired shade to make ZCG or Interior Green, I have tried this and it works pretty darn good!

Air Master

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Pit parts pre assembly, wash and weathering.

Edit

Thanks to Bud for all the reference pics, coming inhandy already.

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NP at all, happy to help

And that Office is looking SWEET !

Bud

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Ok I am nearly at the limit of what I can achieve with hairy brush alone, so just a little more assembly on the small parts than on to the next project! no prizes for guessing whats next.

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WOW ! She’s looking GOOD

Can’t wait to see her done

Your going GREAT !

Bud

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Thanks Bud, put the quickboost engine together tonight and scratched some push rods (I think thats what they are called anyway). I must say I think the quickboost stuff is great value, I picked this up for £2 and it looks very good, I might add some ignition wires and other details just to make it pop a little more.

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Looking good.

When i was building my F4U, I used copper wire.

Keep up the GOOD work

Bud