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I ended up using the RLM 66 Testors Model Master enamel. The rule of thumb I have always followed is interior RLM 02 in the same way as it would be Zinc Chromate for American aircraft. late war the cockpits were painted RLM 66 but the rest of the interior areas still being RLM 02. Apparently though this was an RLM directive it could vary depending on what factory the plane was assembled in so it's not carved in stone. It's hard to trust colour pictures of the time because they seem so muddy looking. The pictures I did find of a recovered wreck look like the cockpit was definitely the darker RLM 66. So I've learned something new. The question is though, what about the rest of the interior, safe to assume it would still be RLM 02 ??Yep.. the first line with these colours is just the Revell numbers of paints. So the staubgrau matt 77 is Revell 77 that is said to be an equivalent of Humbrol 79 Matt Blue-grey. The colour can be used as the RLM 66 for cockpit interiors although the Humbrol 67 is suggested. But taking the scale effect into consideration the lighter Revell7 7/ Hu 79 seem to be a good choice .
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lots of great info there thanks. A few years back I was building a Ju 86 and some of the pictures I found it looked like the interior was a very pale looking translucent zinc chromate looking colour. I also had the chance to go inside a Henkel 111 and thought it was odd the inside was a dark grey like RLM 66. It was actually a Spanish built Casa made to look like a BOB 111. I heard it later crashed in Wyoming killing both pilots. so sad ! I'm going to fart around and see if I can replicate the effect on the wheel bays if not I guess it's back to RLM 02.Yep.. however for Ju-88 I would suggest reading the thread by our member Guttorm , posted at the Large Scale Plane forum .
Junkers 88 A1 detail photos
Ghagam,
I give you a comment that here, in Spain, know the aviation technicians, the time and colors, as well as the casa (construcciones aeronauticas SA), I buy German licenses to build the messer BF 109 G6, heinkel 11h6 and licenses for the ju88, and almost everyone removing some exceptions, only the room was from the rlm66 since the "66" was more resistant to erosion, friction and easier to apply than the "02", which was used for the other parts of the airplane.
I know the colour Wojtek is talking about and your version of it is pretty good in my opinion. I'm just not sure of what was the right colour where without really digging into it, though I'm pretty sure the pit would have been 66. The link provided for the Norwegian restoration is a good start.
Totally agree with this.The yellow seems to be very close to what I saw in the interior of the JU-86 it's also what I would call cadmium yellow, same colour as cad plated car parts. Maybe that's how they treated bare aluminum from the factory ? At any rate I'm going with RLM 66 for the cockpit and RLM 02 for the wheel bays and flap openings.
War Dept: I'm going to bed can you turn off your air compressor.........what are you doing anyways ? Me: Trying to make a colour that looks like the inside of an empty tin can. You know that look you get like your the stupidest life form on the planet ?
Not only do we have the same model collections Graham, but our wives seem to be twins aswell....
I blew half my money on booze gambling and fast women, the other half I wasted. Don't know who said it but it's brilliant !I just get roasted routinely on how much my hobby costs........to which my stock reply is something like "at least I don't spend my dosh on loose horses and slow women!' or something to that effect......