Sten Ekedahl Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I know this question has been answered before, but I have forgotten the answer. The Whitley interior was natural metal, except the cockpit area visible through the canopy where it was painted the standard RAF interior green. But I have forgotten about the interior of the turrets; natural metal or green? Also Airfix says that the inside of the gear doors should be black, whereas the u/c bays and the u/c legs are silver/natural metal. I would have expected the inside of the doors to be finished the same way as the u/c bays. Can anyone shed some light on this? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Picture: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205259288 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sten Ekedahl Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Very nice photos, but unfortunately they don't provide a good answer to my question. At least I can't deduct the colours from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloegin57 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Sten, There was a discussion some time ago on BM about this and this photo popped up. I made some notes for a Whitley that I had had on intermittent build for some years. Interior of turrets - Interior Green, U/C legs and wheel hubs semi-gloss black, Interior of wheel bays and doors same. IPMS Stockholme had a good build on this kit some decades ago which was repeated. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley - Improving the Old Frog Kit (Part 1) HTH Dennis Edited September 25, 2017 by sloegin57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 9 hours ago, sloegin57 said: Sten, There was a discussion some time ago on BM about this and this photo popped up. I made some notes for a Whitley that I had had on intermittent build for some years. Interior of turrets - Interior Green, U/C legs and wheel hubs semi-gloss black, Interior of wheel bays and doors same. IPMS Stockholme had a good build on this kit some decades ago which was repeated. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley - Improving the Old Frog Kit (Part 1) HTH Dennis hm the turret interior in this photo looks like metal (neutral or painted) to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 This is a picture of front turret, from the IPMS article. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Here is a b&w pic of the rear turret, note the doors are open but the inside of the doors do not look that dark, almost matching the outside colour so my guess they were green: Jari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Colour photos of early lancasters & wellingtons show what appear to be natural metal turret interiors. The colour photo above looks to be this too, so I would suspect this to be a colour to go for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 See posts 34 and 35 here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/79881-anyone-got-the-fly-172-whitley-yet/&page=2 In Finn's picture above, the door inners appear to be in shadow but under the gunner's thigh is very light, more like natural metal colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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