RAGATIGER Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) Hi there Well in our local club this quarter contest is about Vietnam War so my models to choose are F-100 and F-105 but got a bit of confused about the interior colors so please help me a bit Natural metal F-100 Cockpit interior, U/C, wheels, U/C Interior F-105 Cockpit interior, U/C, wheels, U/C Interior For trumpeter F-105 call to white u/c and interiors but in old Monogram kits said Interior Green the same than WWII??? SEA scheme same 10000 thanks Armando Edited October 11, 2017 by RAGATIGER Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Hi Armando, The cockpits of both jets were Dark Gull Gray FS36231. It was the standard cockpit color for USAF and USN jets after the early 1950s. The F-100's wheel wells were a medium green. I usually use the same medium green as found in the USAF Vietnam camouflage (FS34102). It is a pretty good match for the gear wells of a couple of unrestored F-100s I once checked. The paints sold as "Interior Green" are too light. The interiors of the gear doors and the struts were silver. 'The F-105 seems to have started out with a darkish interior green like the F-100. I've also seen mention of camouflage gray or white on camouflaged Thuds. I don't have my notes with me but others can confirm. If you are building a natural metal or silver Thud, I'd use green. The gear struts and door interiors were natural metal or silver on silver jets and could have been silver, underside color, or white on camouflaged jets. I think white was probably used later, after they had reached the Air National Guard. Note that by the time both types were flying in Vietnam, they were painted with an aluminum lacquer paint. The only natural metal F-100s by then were the Thunderbirds jets. The Thuds were painted around 1962 and they started painting the F-100s during the mid-1950s. HTH. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F4DPhantomII Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 they started painting the F-100s during the mid-1950s. What color then Ben? When did they start painting SEA camo on the the Huns.I thought it 1964-65. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 This is what happens when I get up too early and try to answer questions before the caffeine has had time to kick in. What I meant to say is, they started paining the F-100s aluminum lacquer in the mid-1950s, I assume for corrosion control. Some of the last F-100s built even rolled out of the factory painted (per Dave Menard). The famous Triple Zilch, that everyone builds in highly polished natural metal, was actually painted aluminum (ca. 1954). The USAF started camouflaging everything, Thuds, Huns, F-4s, etc, in 1964-65, as you said. Sorry for the confusion! Cheers! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F4DPhantomII Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 No problem Ben I thought that was what you meant about the silver lacquer.I learned my camo info from the DEtails and Markings guide on F-100 colors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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