justplanecrazy 3 Posted January 29 Hello everyone. I"m a newbie here at LSP but have been modelling on and off for many years. I was very excited to see that Airfix is coming out with a 1/24th scale f6f-5. You see my father flew one with VF 16 off the U.S.S. Randolph at the end of WW2 and have always wanted to do a big model one in in his air-groups markings. My question is what exactly was the predominate cockpit color? I'vw seen and heard everything from Bronze green on early hellcats, to Interior Green, to Black from the consoles up. I've had the opportunity to sit in a restored Bearcat, and everything but the Interior Green floor, was Black. as the Hellcats dad flew at that time were brand new late builds, I,m inclined to go with that. it's hard to tell from the B&W photos I have, the color of the armour plate behind the seat is. any insight anyone has would be greatly appreciated! 2 D.B. Andrus and Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernut 1,677 Posted January 29 (edited) Others may know more but as far as I'm aware, F6F-5 cockpits were predominately interior green with black details and instrument panel. Oh, and Welcome to our little slice of modeling heaven. Edited January 29 by Juggernut 1 Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justplanecrazy 3 Posted January 29 Thanks Jug....great to be here 1 Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Heilig 10,064 Posted January 29 Yep, interior green (essentially the same as FS 34151). 1 LSP_K2 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
