jwest21 Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 What color would the cockpit of a TBD-1 at Midway? I have been looking online and have seen bronze green, interior green, green ZC, a more olive version of green ZC and aluminum lacquer. Thanks. Rod Bettencourt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Dana Bell has stated that the cockpit color was "unique", and began to be applied to TBD cockpits late in 1938. It looks to be a grayish dark green to my eye. Ohers might see it differently: HTH, D LSP_K2, jwest21, Stefano and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest21 Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) Thanks. Thats definitely not Green ZC. Wondering if Tamiya Green Drab would work as a starting point. Edited December 28, 2023 by jwest21 D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Although the Fleet reported that they had painted the cockpits Bronze Green, they had actually used black-tinted zinc chromate - AKA Green zinc chromate. Had they added aluminum the color would have been callled Yellow Green. Had they used a bit less black the color might have matched Interior Green. In fact, the last four production aircraft from the original order and all fifteen aircraft on the second order left the factory with aluminized zinc chromate (no black pigment) - a bright pastel green. The canopy frames on those aircraft were Bronze Green inside and out, Cheers, Dana LSP_K2, D.B. Andrus, firefly7 and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest21 Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 OK, so they used their own version of bronze green. Even easier- I'll just add some black to green ZC and use that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Sounds good - I look forward to seeing your build! Cheers, Dana jwest21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Actually this looks not far to RAF interior green but possibly just a little bit greyer. jwest21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 JWest, I just finished mine and in all my research I came up with is interior green. This color is also stated in the book "TBD Devastator in action" . Seeing the sunken wreck pics looks like interior green to me. Here is a picture of what I did. I will be posting the finished pics very soon. By the way its a really good kit. Rod jwest21, coogrfan, LSP_K2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) Looks really good, Rod! Were you quoting the original TBD Devastator in Action or the brand new In Action that came out a few weeks ago? Cheers, Dana Edited December 29, 2023 by Dana Bell one-letter typo D Bellis and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 21 hours ago, Dana Bell said: Looks really good, Rod! Were you quoting the original TBD Devastator in Action or the brand new In Action that came out a few weeks ago? Cheers, Dana Hello Dana, No sir, It was the older one. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Hi Rod, Not a problem. There can be endless discussions about color names and applications, and the new book updates that. However, what really matters is how does the paint applied to a model appear, and your choice looks really good. If I can ever make the time to build a TBD, I'll be very happy if mt cockpit looks as good as yours! Cheers, Dana Iain, Rod Bettencourt, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I would like the new TBD book but it is not available in the UK yet, tried to buy it from Germany but the price of postage was prohibitive. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) I'm not sure if Squadron has a copublishing or distribution agreement in the UK. In the old days we could rely on Lionel Leventhal and Arms and Armour Press - those were truly great days with one of the best publishers! Dana (You might defray postage by buying multiple copies with friends and sharing postage.) Edited December 30, 2023 by Dana Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest21 Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Well, now I have some time to wait because I knocked one of my nice Airscale pe seats onto the floor and my puppy grabbed it. Had to order another PE set from the UK, so that kit is on hold for a.couple weeks Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Out of the four Devastator books I have, the new one from Dana is head and shoulders above the others (old SS in Action, Ginter and Schiffer). jwest21 and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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