Tolga ULGUR Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hi, I would like to clarify the color of the drob tank of this Mustang ( which is already work in progress in related forum) Its color is darker than aluminium or silver dop. It s painted to neutral grey ? Or metallic grey ?? Or???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/necessity-mother-invention-paper-drop-tanks-wwii.html the above has a color photo surprisingly the metal tanks were gray not silver probably neutral grey Edited March 29, 2019 by dashotgun Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fencer-1 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Looks like metal type drop tanks store https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/359th_Fighter_Group_-_External_Fuel_Tanks.jpg/1920px-359th_Fighter_Group_-_External_Fuel_Tanks.jpg?1553868628801 Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 IIRC many paper 108 ga. tanks were painted in British Medium Sea Grey. HTH, D.B. Tolga ULGUR and D Bellis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 Thanks for your replies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 19 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: In the drop tank research we did on our F4U project, I came to the conclusion that they were painted almost any medium grey color you care to use. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Shoggz and D.B. Andrus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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