P 47 gurus, inner gear door actuator rod colors?

[Citadelgrad]

I am stumbling toward the finish line on my first of hopefully many LSP, a Hasegawa P47D 25, currently trying for a slowest build world record. 
 

i am starting to put the finishing touches on it.  The inner gear doors are next on the punch list.  There is a fairly prominent actuator arm, the wells are zinc chromate.  Obviously the hydraulic arm part should be chrome, but what about the body of the arm?  I see one restoration with nIce color photos, its not finished, but the in progress shots show…more silver color.  Another shot of a different plane shows the body to be a grey?  
 

anyone have decent shots of a finished resto or wartime shot of this detail?  
 

thanks as always. 
 

Bill

[TAG]

Hi, Bill

 

So the inner gear door actuator arm was indeed silver, with the small ball pin (don't know the technical term for it?) that attaches to the front of the gear door in YZC, as can be seen in many, many period photos, both color and B/W. Here's a few to corroborate:

 

Hope that helps!

 

- Thomaz

[Citadelgrad]

Thanks, Thomaz!

[waroff]

I found this about P47 LG door

 

body landing gear door cylinder:

finish

Outside only - CAD. plate - AN-QQ-P-421

or

 zinc plate AN-P-32

[Scale32]

Lovely photos Thomaz, thanks for sharing.

 

Cheers Bevan 

[Ol' Scrapiron]

If you are still looking for reference shots of that area, here are a few of the Thunderbolts I have photographed... hope they are of some use in your project.

 

If these examples I've seen in my travels demonstrate anything, it is that the restored aircraft in museums and air shows are completely inconsistent.

 

 

P-47D 45-49167 “Five by Five”
NMoUSAF

 

 

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P-47D 45-49295 Thunderbolt II
RAF Museum London

 

 

 

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P-47D 45-49192 “Nellie”
Imperial War Museum, Duxford

 

 

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P-47D-15RA 42-23278 “Fiery Ginger”
NMoUSAF

 

 

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P-47D 45-49406 “Tallahassee Lassie”
Flying Heritage Collection

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P-47D 45-49205 “Squirt VIII”
Palm Springs Air Museum

 

 

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P-47D 42-8205 “Big Stud/88”
Museum of Flight

 

 

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P-47D 44-90471 “Hairless Joe”
Erickson Collection, Madras

 

 

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P-47D 44-32691
NASM Udvar-Hazy

 

 

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P-47D 45-49346
Yanks Air Museum, Chino

 

 

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YP-47M 42-27385
Yanks Air Museum, Chino

 

 

 

Hope these are helpful for your project, even if only for inspiration.