A question on the painting of the interior of my Pz.IIIN…
Were the insides of these tanks painted in white or just whitewashed?
Thanks dudes[;)]
Richard
Whitewash ususally means a thin, ad hoc application of something akin to lime or other washable color. Tanks were painted in a tough and durable white/ivory/silver color in their interiors so that when it was buttoned up, any inside light sources would be magnified.
It was definitely white paint.
That was exactly the thing i was wondering about. Thanks!
Talking about interior white… because of the incoming light being better utilized, did every nation paint the interior white/ ivory?
Typically, US made vehicles had white interiors. German vehicles, depending on the time period, could be off-white/ivory (often referred to as “elfenbien”) or red primer.
UK tanks were silver for a time – then to white.
Also, the light being magnified wasn’t incoming light but the very small lumenescence coming from the small wattage lights within the tank itself which would be used when it was “buttoned up”
Also, remember that hatch interiors that opened outwards would be painted the same color as the vehicle exterior except on extremely rare occasions. No Sherman tanks with bright white hatch inside faces for the enemy to observe!