color of the bar on the spitfire access panel

[yoyoal 43]

Hi Everybody,

Looking for the color of the bar on the spitfire access panel,

is it green, black, or red ?

Thanks,

Yoyoal

[wyverns4 807]

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

[kspriss 38]

correct. only warbirds have the red crowbar. WW2 ones were usually black IIRC

steve

[Daniel Cox 250]

Hi Yoyoal,

I suggest you paint it whatever colour takes your fancy.

Cheers,

Daniel.

Edited July 4, 2012 by Daniel Cox

[Super Aereo 127]

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).

[yoyoal 43]

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.

[Flankerman 5,283]

... 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

[lufbramatt 10]

paint it red just to wind up the nit pickers

[Miggers 1,610]

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.

[Edgar 915]

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

[Don McIntyre 350]

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…

[wunwinglow 26]

Hey Edgar, your diet has worked wonders since I last saw you!!

Tim Perry

[hwallen1410 20]

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?

[Edgar 915]

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.

[plastic 2]

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.

[Edgar 915]

, especially as I don't know where the dinghy was stored.

Under his bum.

Edited July 7, 2012 by Edgar

[plastic 2]

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.