Ki-84 cockpit colour suggestions!

[zaxos345]

Good morning lads, as you understand my next kit on the bench will be the hasegawa's 1/32 Ki-84. I have read a lot regarding the cockpit colour, j-aircraft, aviation of japan, mixxed feelings, i know that this subject is a can of worms!!! I have also sent an email to mr. Millman, no answer yet. I have mr.color 127 (Nakajima interior color), some say something like British interior etc.
What are your thoughts?

John

P.s. I want to depict this aircraft

 

[zaxos345]

As far as i can understand i have posted the topic to wrong section, it should be posted to painting questions one... Sorry

John

 

[fubar57]

I used silver on mine, one of four colours used on the interior during the war. Unfortunately I don't remember the time frame for each colour. This was from the Millman site. Also he said the seat was a red oxide colour. Again, I don't know if this was for a specific time frame or the entire production run. I did see a photo of the seat, I'll see if I can find it. If you need any reference photos, let me know. I have nine books on the 84

 

[fubar57]

Not the photo I was talking about but note the darker colour of the seat compared to the silver seat in the preserved aircraft

 

[zaxos345]

Not the photo I was talking about but note the darker colour of the seat compared to the silver seat in the preserved aircraft

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Does'n the seat seem silver on this photo??
Do you mean the seat cushion???

John

 

[fubar57]

PM sent John

 

[zaxos345]

PM sent John

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[Crimea_River]

I remember asking the same question for my build and I got this from @Wurger:

"According to a couple of books for the plane, the cockpit and the interior was painted with a clear protective coat initially. But sometimes it could be of the greenish hue, blue-green or khaki. The indicator panel was of the same colour the rest of the cockpit interior and could be of the black, khaki, grey, green or dark blue-green. From 1944, painting of any kind was more and more often abandoned including the cockpit interior. So the cockpit and interior colours depended on when the aircraft was built."

Unfortunately our most knowledgeable contributor on this subject (Shanpachi) has not been active on here for quite some time.

 

[SaparotRob]

I used silver on mine, one of four colours used on the interior during the war. Unfortunately I don't remember the time frame for each colour. This was from the Millman site. Also he said the seat was a red oxide colour. Again, I don't know if this was for a specific time frame or the entire production run. I did see a photo of the seat, I'll see if I can find it. If you need any reference photos, let me know. I have nine books on the 84

Would have a color suggestion for a model I'm building?

 

[Spits2]

Sort of relevant what material is the main instrument panel made of originally?

 

[Wurger]

Sort of relevant what material is the main instrument panel made of originally?

All pictures show the aluminium plate ...

the pic source: the net.

 

[Spits2]

Nice thank you