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Fellow Bm'ers I was just about to start a Ju 87B of the Battle of Britain period of Stg2 and like all good modellers had a trawl of the net to see what the consensus was as to the cockpit colours and a good read of a few books to boot. Just as I was about to settle for RLM 02 for the overall colour in the cockpit and RLM 66 for the instrument panel which seems the broad consensus for pre 1941 I find this which may throw a small (large?) spanner in the works? On reading Luftwaffe Camo and markings 33-45 Photo Archive 1 there are some good photos of cockpit interiors. One caption for a photo of the rear gunners area reads:- "While the Ju 87B machine gun retention locks and the cross frame below the gun were painted in 02, the rest of the cockpit was bare metal other than the gunners seat and the inside of the canopy framework." Certainly the areas described looks like unpainted metal in the photos but all the usual warnings re interpretation of black and white photos apply So are we wrong to paint the whole tub in RLM 02? Sounds like it if the authors are correct and I think the book and series is pretty well regarded? Answers on a postcard/ post below please! Oh and as for RLM 02 apparently the colour of paint didn't change till later but earlier different lacquers were applied. Quite what that does to tone before adding the old "scale colour" chestnut I am not sure. Anyway I can easily use RLM 02 for the area it was on - but what about those seemingly unpainted areas? bestest to all John
