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As per Terry. I finally found a photo that shows the oxygen bottles. Black as Terry says (stupid instructions) but the fronts were silver. Also no retaining bands but that ain't gonna happen now. Still wet and some touching upGeo, the oxygen cylinders were normally black. On the earlier Spits, there were two large cylinders, mounted vertically, behind the seat bulkhead frame on the port side, which were silver, with a single oxygen bottle (black) for the pilot's supply opposite, on the starboard side.
The part shown appears to be the increased supply for the pilot, required for the longer PR missions at altitude in the pressurised cockpit, and would, I'm fairly sure, be black.
Geo, just saw this site now.
My Uncle, (then) LAC George S. Travers, was the airframe fitter for PS888, and painted the words 'THE LAST!' on her after her final RAF flight. He's the man ducking down in foreground of the final taxi pics on your first page.
I asked him details of markings, etc, so give me a shout if you need to know anything.
Geo, that's the same Tamiya mix that I use. I too go over the highlights with a lighter green, usually Tamiya XF-71 Cockpit Green.
Case in point......and I just found out the backs were silver as well. The black seems to be a warning label
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Spitfire PR Mk XIX in Detail
by Joachim Smith S31 – Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX The Spitfire PR Mk XIX was the last of the specialised photo reconnaissance Spits and the only one with a Griffon engine, being delivered to t…www.ipmsstockholm.se