yoyoal Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hi Everybody, Looking for the color of the bar on the spitfire access panel, is it green, black, or red ? Thanks, Yoyoal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hi Ho! As I understand it they were painted the same colour as the cockpit (Int green). Only warbirds have red ones! Although I am waiting to be corrected...! HTH Christian the Married Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kspriss Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 correct. only warbirds have the red crowbar. WW2 ones were usually black IIRC steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Hi Yoyoal, I suggest you paint it whatever colour takes your fancy. Cheers, Daniel. Edited July 4, 2012 by Daniel Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Aereo Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I would not rule out Interior Green completely but dull natural metal is correct and a safe bet for a wartime model. No emergency tools were actually painted in bright colours before 1947 (if memory serves me right). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoal Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hi, thanks all, so, interior green, may be the best choice, not motivated to paint the bar with a thin brush...so ....interior green .... Cheers, Yoyoal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 ... and IIRC, didn't Edgar advise that there shouldn't be a bar at all on a BoB Spit.??? I think he said they were not fitted until after the Battle.... but I can't remember the details. No doubt he'll be along soon.... to confirm or correct..... Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lufbramatt Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 paint it red just to wind up the nit pickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 paint it red just to wind up the nit pickers Buzz off Matt Go with bare metal or Cockpit Green for wartime,red for post war and "modern" Spits. Correct Ken(Flankerman),no crowbars or spring clips to hold'em on B of B Spits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Provision for the crowbar was supplied in February, 1941, then a means of jettisoning the hood was introduced in August, which made the crowbar "surplus," until the new Martin-Baker hood jettison gear was introduced in April 1942, so, in preparation presumably, the crowbar reappeared in January 1942. Eyewitnesses have said natural steel, or (sometimes) Army bronze green, but never heard of interior green or red. Edgar Edited July 3, 2012 by Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I just saw a photo recently where the bar was Interior Green, but now can't recall if it was an original WW-2 photo or a more modern restoration… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hey Edgar, your diet has worked wonders since I last saw you!! Tim Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwallen1410 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I just saw a photo recently where the bar was Interior Green, but now can't recall if it was an original WW-2 photo or a more modern restoration… Was it this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hey Edgar, your diet has worked wonders since I last saw you!! I used to use Harry Secombe's "Eat what you like, don't swallow," but I forgot the "don't swallow" bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Many years ago, when I were a lad, I worked beside a guy who flew Spits. I remember asking him about the crowbar and he said they always called it 'the dinghy slasher' because, according to him, the dinghy's sometimes started inflating and would end up shoving the stick forward so they used 'the dinghy slasher to burst it. No idea if this was a 'tale' or if it was reality, especially as I don't know where the dinghy was stored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) , especially as I don't know where the dinghy was stored. Under his bum. Edited July 7, 2012 by Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks Edgar! I thought it would have to be around there somewhere! Verifies what he said then. As to colour, he said 'it was about the same as that', pointing to a very old, dark spanner. So, looks like very dark NM for me then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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