oortiz10 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Hey ARC, The title pretty much says it all. I've Googled the begeezus out of this, but my research is inconclusive. It looks like the gear legs vary from metal color to white, but I can't really find anything definitive about the wells or doors. From pictures, it's difficult to tell if the gear well and door interior color is white or a metal color. I think either white or metal would be OK for the legs but does anyone have any solid info on the gear well and door interior color? Thanks in advance, -O Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 That kind of works in your benefit. Without any concrete evidence of colors in the areas you want, you can take a general approach. By the use of "Aggressor", I'm taking it you're doing a Navy Tiger. From what I've seen, silverish main wheel wells/doors, with white gear appear to be prominent. The right side nose gear door appears in white. Hope that helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Walker Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I don't recall where this info came from, but some F-5's had their gear bays/legs painted in a mid/dark gray too. Just to confuse things... M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 try searching for Swiss F-5, if they didn't repainted the wells after purchasing them back from them, then maybe you will find your answer Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Walker Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I'm fairly certain the the ex-Swiss jets were repainted in gray. The original early US jets had metalic wheel bays and gear legs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Here a couple of nose gear pics, you can zoom in on them: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6400527 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6438543 and a bottom view: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6489254 Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Walker Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 That last one looks like it is gray in the wheel wells. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bernie mckenna Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 all the photos I have show silver doors etc. AF aggressors. can't get the photos copied. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 There is this one: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillS Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I think a lot depends on the period. USAF F-5s during their heyday in the 80’s had silver gear wells, doors and struts. Struts starting coming out of depot painted white in the later part of the 80’s. Not sure what the Navy colors were/are but I tend to think they would have used USAF tech data vs. a re-write. There very well might have been latitude in colors used though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lightswitch94 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) I'm going to be doing an F-5F next and from the research I've done the gear bays seem to be steel metallic and the gear is white. Edited August 10, 2018 by Lightswitch94 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f5guy Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 As Bill S mentioned, it largely depends on the time frame of the Tiger that you're modeling. Early on they were silver/aluminum struts, doors, wheel hubs and gear wells for both the Navy and USAF. Later white started to show up. Some were all white (struts, doors, wells, hubs), some were a mix. These days with the remaining Navy and Marine Corps jets, they usually have white struts and wheel hubs with aluminum gear wells, and gear doors. The gear doors are often trimmed with red, but I have seen them without red, or the entire door painted red. I have never seen gray wells, but never say never. I'll attach a few pics that I've taken over the years. HTH, Fred K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f5guy Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Another VFC-111 jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f5guy Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 VFC-13 #21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I looked thru several F-5 books I own, and agree with f5guy, it all depends on when and where. The Verlinden book focuses on the Swiss jets and they appear to be gray, including the bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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