Tbolt Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Some of you have probably already seen this but I've just only found it and it's quite an interesting P-47 in this short video. The front housing on the engine seems to be painted zinc chromate and quite a few parts on this aircraft are painted yellow, including the aft part of the rear pylon fairing and the pylon displacing arm ( maybe robbed from an aircraft which had the yellow pylons from the yellow stripe being further outboard ), also the under wing antenna appears to be painted yellow, which I would have though would have been left unpainted. I just wish the decals were available for this aircraft and a decent P-47N kit! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 It almost looks to me like they brush painted the front of the engine with yellow paint. Obviously someone at that squadron was a big fan of yellow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidRezabek Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Great stuff! Never seen it before. Thanks for posting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Wow, very cool! Pretty clean looking aircraft with minimal staining from engine etc, also NMF finish is NOT shiny, just NMF. Have to look at it a few times more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 9 hours ago, RadMax8 said: It almost looks to me like they brush painted the front of the engine with yellow paint. Obviously someone at that squadron was a big fan of yellow! It could be yellow but it's duller than the rest of the yellow so that why I though it might be zinc chromate. Notice the inner gear door seems brighter than ZC like they've painted that yellow too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Bozothenutter said: Wow, very cool! Pretty clean looking aircraft with minimal staining from engine etc, also NMF finish is NOT shiny, just NMF. Have to look at it a few times more. Also it's not covered in divots, you can only see the rivets because they're made of a different material to the skinning and thus a different colour. @Tbolt thanks for sharing, I wonder if the crankcases were painted that colour to aid identification from the front on the flight line, did the other squadrons in the group have different colour crankcases? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 45 minutes ago, Wez said: Also it's not covered in divots, you can only see the rivets because they're made of a different material to the skinning and thus a different colour. @Tbolt thanks for sharing, I wonder if the crankcases were painted that colour to aid identification from the front on the flight line, did the other squadrons in the group have different colour crankcases? Could be. It's the first time I've seen the front housing anything other than grey or silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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