Fifer54 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Does anyone know the correct colour to paint the interior surface of the Townend ring engine cowling on a Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish? I'm building the Matchbox Swordfish in the kit RN scheme as LS434 of 836 NAS in January 1945, if it makes a difference. I've googled, looked at walkround pics and searched on here. No relevant info has been found! Anyone know? The obvious answer would be Interior Green, but while it's an inside surface, it's not really "interior"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Well, the inside area of the exhaust collector ring would be heat-stained steel, the same as the outside of the ring. It's really hard to find any clear images of the inside of the cowling area behind it. The few I could see a bit of could be interior green but could also have been glossy black or shiny metallic. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Thanks, Chris! You seem to have come to the same conclusion as me- it could be X, it could be Y- ah, well, if no-one knows, no-one can say my choice is wrong . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 7 hours ago, MadNurseGaz said: Thanks, Chris! You seem to have come to the same conclusion as me- it could be X, it could be Y- ah, well, if no-one knows, no-one can say my choice is wrong . . . Exactly MNG. I've come to the same conclusions a few times. Now, let's talk about USAF cockpit colours.... Sorry no hijack intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I've done a bit more searching and have two images from this booklet: Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Thanks for sharing that! It looks light enough inside that ring to say it probably isn't black, but the old caveat about interpreting colour from a black'n'white photo remains. I'll go with interior green- that's RAF cockpit interior green, not the US green shade . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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