Curtiss P-40B Warhawk wheel well colour

[TonyOD]

Just about to get busy on the Airfix kit for the Less Than a Tenner GB. I can't see a colour reference for the wheel wells in the instructions, can anyone tell me what it is in this pic? Is it that zinc chromate yellow stuff?

Thanks

 

https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/p-40/pages/dsj_p-40b_05.shtml 

[Bozothenutter]

18 minutes ago, TonyOD said:

Just about to get busy on the Airfix kit for the Less Than a Tenner GB. I can't see a colour reference for the wheel wells in the instructions, can anyone tell me what it is in this pic? Is it that zinc chromate yellow stuff?

Thanks

 

https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/p-40/pages/dsj_p-40b_05.shtml 

if you mean the doors, that looks more like tinted chromate, or chromate green.

the bit where the wheels go is covered with canvas against fod

[Seawinder]

4 hours ago, Bozothenutter said:

if you mean the doors, that looks more like tinted chromate, or chromate green.

the bit where the wheels go is covered with canvas against fod

Agreed, but not all kits are engineered with the canvas cover in place. In that case I'd go with tinted ZC for the whole well.

[uncletommy]

Yeah, the Airfix 1/72 P-40B does not have the wheel well covers molded in. I believe the 1/48 Airfix one does.  On the 1/72 one, ZC or YZC would be correct.  On the 1/48 one, a khaki/drab color would be correct since the wheel wells had canvas liners installed to prevent garbage from being thrown up into the wheel wells and then on into the wing.  However, in actual practice, the canvas covers were frequently removed by ground maintenance personnel.

[Finn]

Here is one being put together:

 

 

more photos can be seen here:

 

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/75f5e1b8e8353125.html

 

Jari

 

 

[TonyOD]

Thanks all - indeed no covers on the 1/72 kit, there is some wheel well detail. I had a scout around the net and it seems that these canvas "boots" often didn't last long anyway.

[Seawinder]

I don't tend to get too bothered about this issue because I'm not in the habit of displaying my models upside down.

[Blimpyboy]

Painted over liners, perhaps?

I have no idea which Hawk variant this is.