Greetings to all! After some deliberation, and some good advice from some good people on this forum, I think I finally came up with a decent color mix for a P-47D cockpit. Painting the cockpit is one of my favorite parts of the build. Unfortunately, once you close up the fuselage, most of It’s out of sight. At least I know I’ts there.
Most references seem to lean towards a color called dull dark green. It looks close to me.
What do you guys think?
dragonfly
Looks Great. Cant wait to see the finished project.
Looks very nice.
looks excellent from my house friend!![tup] love the whole pit, but especially like the IP!! later.
Great job. The color looks correct & the detail work is exceptional.
Regards, Rick
Thanks guys. Sorry about the belts. I’ve got a PE set coming, and in the mean time a stuck the Tamiya decal in place with some Blu-tac. It really doesn’t look too bad though.
dragonfly
Very nicely done! Great looking cockpit.
Looks great… what did you use for the weathering (I don’t know if weathering is the right term… seeing that it’s not exposed to the weather…)
Looks very nice mate. The colour looks spot-on, and the detail painting is excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Jacketsfan’
I got a little bit of everything in there. Mostly drybrushing and some burnt umber pastels for a little dirt. I also lightened up the base color and sprayed some areas to give it a little shadow.
dragonfly
Cool… it looks great… nice and used.
Wow…excellent work there on the cockpit, Dragonfly!
Regards, Dan
Wow, great job! I hope my cockpits start looking that good!!
Fred
man sometimes i hate it when u guys post pics. they all make my work look terrible!!! very nice job on the pit, wish i was that good
Dragonfly -
I can’t say much about color accuracy - I just don’t know
But the detail work is incredible ! and you certainly nailed a real lived in look. Very nice.
Chris
Beautiful. I saved the picture to use as a reference on my next project. Thanks for posting the picture
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Wow, wow, wow!
You guys that post your pics always give me something to strive for.
Not only is that detail amazing, but the light weathering really tops it off.
Amazing work [tup]
excellent finish to it man. Love the IP… great detail. Doesnt the Jug have some plumbing along the side walls. Would really set it off if it did and you plumbed it.
Jeff
Looks good from here
Thad
looks like a good colour match to me !!! BEST OF LUCK WITH THE REST !!!