Cockpit color Hawk T1 RAF

[Tigerman60]

Hello All,

 

I have the Revell 1/72 scale Hawk on my table. Started a little detailing on the cockpit and watch some color pics on the net. I'm confused. What is a nice cockpit color for the HawK?

I have paints from Tamiya and Revell Aqua ( the blue square bottles). Why? My LHS have them....

 

Please, can somebody help me?

 

Han from Holland EU

[PhantomBigStu]

dark admiltary grey, revell 77 is a good one  

[Tigerman60]

PhantomBigStu,

 

Thank you for the color. Got it in stock. Also a good choice for the famous EE Lightning F-Mk.6?

Han

[Hook]

22 hours ago, Tigerman60 said:

Also a good choice for the famous EE Lightning F-Mk.6?

 

Yes. Most British cockpits from the 60s on were BS381 632 Dark Admiralty Grey.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Tigerman60]

Andre,

 

THX for the info.

And a good modeling 2019.

 

H.

[tweeky]

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Yes. Most British cockpits from the 60s on were BS381 632 Dark Admiralty Grey.

I think you'll find they were black initially hunter early Lightnings and even the Jaguar were black interior.

 

[Twobad]

Dark Admiralty Grey is definitely the colour of the Hawk interior, and the Harrier.  The Tornado is a slightly lighter grey FWIW.

 

There was a very brief investigation into changing the Hawk's cockpit colour in the early 90s when the 100 Series was being designed. A number of colours were considered, even a Sovietesque blue/green. The only input from the Project Test Pilot was "Anything except black".

 

The idea was dropped in the end on the grounds of cost. The number of cockpit drawings that would need to be created for the new colour was huge. Running into hundreds.

[PhantomBigStu]

@twobad the tornado (as is the eurofighter) is the slightly lighter US interior colour dark gull grey FS36231