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I have read all the comments on the exterior colours for the BI Grand Slam aircraft but is there any information out there as to the interior colour? I have read that late war bombers were painted differently as they didn't need the camoflage protection due to the depleted luftwaffe being much less of a threat and the fact that they were used on day bombing raids. I have the Tamiya 1/48 kit for the BI Grand Slam but their colours don't look right to me.

Here's another pic that suggests 3 colours. Look especially around the nose.

If you look at these R1's they look like they're painted in 3 colours.

I know that the Airfix Nimrod has been built and discussed many times in the forums but I have a question which I can't seem to find the answer on in any of them. I'm about to start this model in the near future. As I was at Waddington in the late 90's I'm going to build it as an R1 around this period. The instructions all show that this should be painted in Humbrol 168 Hemp and 166 Light A/C Grey but if my ageing memory serves me right and from the photos I've seen this isn't right. Between the Hemp and Grey the bottom of the fusalage is a lighter shade of hemp which is unlikely to have been caused by fading in the elements. The Humbrol Hemp also seems to be a bit dark to me for the scale even though she's a big beast. Anyone have any advice? Brian