gamevender Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) I'm woking on the Valom Bristol Bombay and the kit instructions call for the interior to be painted "Stredni Barva Kamene", which if my Czech is any good, which it isn't, means literally "medium color stones". They translate it as "Pale Stone", but the color chip they give is a dark tan. Anyone have any idea what color the inside of these aircraft were painted? Edited October 11, 2019 by gamevender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Translates literally as "Middle Stone", a standard RAF colour for this theatre. Never heard of it being used as an interior colour, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 I thought it odd as well. They call for an all silver exterior, which would make a 'tan' interior particularly strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 However, Middle Stone appeared some years after the Bombay. So whatever it is, at best calling it that is only some approximation. I would have assumed Aluminium, or a pale green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 There are some interior shots in Flight from 3rd August, 1939, and there's no way it's dark earth or any dark colour https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939-1- - 0362.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 It doesn't look dark but with those old photos, red can look black and blue disappears and green looks like silver, or whatever depending on the film type used. Whatever it is, if it is aluminum, it doesn't look like it has the "sheen" of bare natural metal, so it was probably at least painted something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 It has plywood floors, so maybe that is what they are referring to? The fuselage - metal construction, apparently Alclad, which as I understand it usually has branding on it. I can't make out any branding so this Alclad either doesn't have branding or as others have said, likely painted. My guess is aluminium or interior green paint. The joy of it is no-one is going to be able to prove you wrong! Oh, wait, as soon as you have finished the model someone will come up with a colour photo ..... hmmm. PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Not Interior Green, which was a US colour. I suspect you meant Grey Green (sometimes referred to as Aircraft Grey Green) which was used a lot for British WW2 aircraft but may be a little late for the Bombay. A paler green was seen on some prewar aircraft, perhaps closer to Eau-de-Nil if not that indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 It's hard to tell from old B&W pictures. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) True, but from the tones of that picture almost certainly not Aluminium and probably not as pale as Eau-de-Nil (which was never an approved colour for aircraft anyway, but some pale green was seen on interiors early in the war). Edited October 13, 2019 by Graham Boak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Look at the bottom left corner. That looks suspiciously like paint worn away, exposing aluminium. Or maybe it is just a little dirt patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Or a wet patch perhaps. Hard to tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 the Bombay interior was aircraft grey-green. Regards, Pete in RI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 9:01 AM, dogsbody said: It's hard to tell from old B&W pictures. On 10/14/2019 at 12:28 AM, europapete said: the Bombay interior was aircraft grey-green There is a degree of conflict in these quotes. I wonder if the second one has discovered a painting spec for Bombays? I would be most interested to know more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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