Rodders Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Hi All, I'm making an F6F-3 Hellcat and can't find the colour the engine area and bulkhead plus inside front engine cowling is painted. Would it be Zinc chromate yellow, Any help appreciated, Thanks, Rodders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Here's Martin Waligorski's take from the well-known article on IPMS Stockholm's site: "The inside of the engine cowling varied throughout the Hellcat production, being Grumman Grey, Interior Green or Zinc Chromate Yellow. Later F6F-5 and had flat black cowling interiors. Other enclosed areas of the fuselage were either Grumman Grey (on early production machines) or Zinc Chromate Yellow." From my own research, it seems the firewall/engine bulkheads were nearly always zinc chromate yellow or green. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 This post from @Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies from a thread last year might help unravel this mystery. Steve. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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