spitfire Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 OK may have got this wrong, just sprayed the wheel wells (and tailwheel well) Sky, is this accurate or were they another colour, may as well correct it now before I go any further ! Cheers Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousA667 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I stand to be corrected vis. the Sea Fury, but Hawker wheel wells were usually silver in finish. peebeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic constructor Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 (edited) From Edgar, coz he can't get on here at the moment, the colour was Zinc Chromate Yellow. Nick. Edited November 1, 2008 by plastic constructor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I thought they were silver. have not seen anything to suggest zinc chromate, Nick- IIRC it would otherwise be sky, as per later aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic constructor Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 (edited) I thought they were silver.have not seen anything to suggest zinc chromate, Nick- IIRC it would otherwise be sky, as per later aircraft? I'm sure Edgar will elucidate once his site access is restored. Nick. Edited November 1, 2008 by plastic constructor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 Edgar's word is good enough for me, just have to let undersides dry and it will be masked up and sprayed, thanks guys. Cheers Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Sorry about the hiatus; believed to be sorted, thanks to our beloved leader. My information, on the wheel wells, comes from Peter Cooke, who got his from a former curator of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, who'd been on a carrier, during the Korean war, working on Sea Furies. As well as the wells, the wingfold, and interiors of hatches, were yellow. Peter wrote an article for Scale Models, in October 1983, and included a photo of a yellow well. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thanks Edgar, will be digging out the zinc chromate then. Cheers Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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