admiralcag Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I am plotting out work on my Italeri 1/32 F-104C and thought the engine would be a good low-hanging fruit to grab. The instructions call out interior green for the interior of the engine. I am thinking that couldn't be right and am looking for expert opinions. Thoughts? Vern Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 J-79 afterburner interiors tended to turn a metallic greenish color over time (LINK). You could probably start out with interior green as a base layer, and then weather the daylights out of it. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Model Master "jet exhaust" looks like the correct green to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 The best way I found is to mix an Alclad aluminum shade with a few drops of green enamel. I did this for a pair of J-79’s & an ATAR 9C, the liners came out nice. Alclad can be mixed with enamels for any shade of metallics for effects. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillS Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I agree with Ben except the metallic part. The A/B liner was green sort of like interior green but maybe greener. There tended to be tannish heat streaks around all those little perforations. The flame holder would be a metallic tannish gray color as would the cone shaped fairing in the center whose nomenclature escapes me. The nozzle interior was kind of dark metallic but was very sooty inside and was very dark brown-black. I never figured out why the A/B liner was that color and I've seen photos of MIG21s with the same look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Here is another J79: i think the green came along if the engine wasn't used that much which is why most pics are of museum a/c which shows them as green. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob de Bie Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Finn said: Here is another J79: i think the green came along if the engine wasn't used that much which is why most pics are of museum a/c which shows them as green. Jari I'm with Jari: from memory the Dutch G-models with J79-GE-11 the exhaust duct was sooty black. I would not expect anything else considering the amount of smoke that the engine emitted. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admiralcag Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thank you all! I really had no idea but this is great info. Vern Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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