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Question, Hawker Tempest cockpit color


Zack

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Hi,

I have a question to the cockpit colors of the Hawker Tempest.

Looking at the instructions to the Eduard 82121 the suggestion is that the upper parts of the cockpit sidewalls, the seat and instrument panels should be flat black.

The tubular structure of the cockpit, lower section of the sidewalls and also wheel wells should be Gray Green (BS283).

Now I am debating with myself id this is correct or not.

I thought that Hawker cockpit interiors where natural aluminium, aluminium paint and flat/satin black from the Typhoon onward through WWII?

 

Any advice or link to good references greatly appreciated!

 

Zack

 

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Gloster (Typhoons) and Hawkers (Tempests) were painted differently.

Early Tiffies, like MN235 at the RAF Museum were Cockpit Green with Night from approx. elbow height. Tubes were Night against the Night sidewalls, silver elsewhere. Later Tiffies were silver iso. green.

Tempests were all green except for the Night surfaces like the Tiffie.

Tiffie seats a dull silver. No idea about the Tempest seats.

Wheel wells were a dull silver.

Chris Thomas will most likely be able to shed some more light on this subject.

 

Stein M 

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4 hours ago, Stein Meum said:

Wheel wells were a dull silver.

Tempest? No

Grey Green, as was most of the cockpit.   

Youtube here, at 19.00 there are clips from a training film, and thw wheel wells are a light grey tone,  which is what you would expect from grey grenn in B/W

The bits of cockpit seen are also grey green,

 

There are photos of Tempests being constructed, and all the interior parts visible are the same light grey tone. 

 

as stated @Chris Thomas  should  know more

 

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3 hours ago, Zack said:

OK, Thanks guys!

Useful clip :)
 

Any Tamiya color that would match ?

 

Zack

I use Tamiya’s German Grey for the black areas, black appears to me to be too stark in 1/72 scale and XF-71 for the grey-green

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6 hours ago, Chuck1945 said:

XF-71 for the grey-green

XF-71 is a bit too green and a bit too dark,  but grey green did vary.  

this period shot gives a good idea on the inside of the door

43747661965_60d5292dab_b.jpgSpitfire Mk. IIa, 1941. by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr

 

more Spitfire colour here, with more open cockpit doors

https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=8270787@N07&q=spitfire

 

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Hello Chuck, 
Thank you for those Tamiya references!

 

Hello Troy,

Thank you for this color reference. The picture is confirming the green tone to be very close to XF-71 in my eyes.

Thank you for taking your time!

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