Brad-M Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Gents/Gals, Were these aircraft painted silver, or unpainted aluminum? TIA Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinK Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Painted silver - the Vampire also used a significant amount of plywood construction, mainly in the forward fuselage, so there wasn't an opportunity to use natural metal even if it hadn't been general RAF policy to avoid unpainted surfaces. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Brad-M said: Gents/Gals, Were these aircraft painted silver, or unpainted aluminum? TIA Brad As a large part of the fuselage was actually wood (a la Mosquito), the silver finish was aluminium paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-M Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Doh! I forgot about the plywood use. Thanks for waking me up! Cheers Brad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Edmundson Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Brad, jump on the ferry and head over to the museum at Langley. They have a Vampire there, and you can get all over it for reference photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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