Juggernut 2,434 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 For those that may know, what color were the main and tailwheel struts painted on the F4U-1 series of Corsairs? I'm mostly interested in the very early production raised cockpit corsairs (-1A's). I've read Dana Bell's 2nd book on the Corsair and it says that Chrysler had a lot of grey paint left over when the color was switched (to the best of my recollection) but what shade of grey? Contemporary photos indicate a neutral to relatively dark grey but if it's an AN number or a certain shade, I'd like to attempt to replicate it on my -1A build. I don't think non-specular white is correct but again, I just don't know. If there were different paint color options then I'd like to know that too. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Heilig 15,027 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 What shade of grey? Who knows? I very seriously doubt there is any surviving documentation on it, or that even if there were it is going to give you an ANA color. It was light grey. Glossy light grey. That’s about the best you’re every likely to get. Link to post Share on other sites
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