nmertes Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Can anybody confirm that the wheel wells of the XP-55 were actually yellow? The Modelsvit instructions show Humbrol 81 Pale Yellow which I assume to be zinc chromate yellow is the color to be used. I haven't found any pictures online in color that show the wheel wells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipmsusa2 Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Nick, I haven't seen anything that will help you, but consider that the XP-55 was exactly that, experimental. Chromate yellow in the wheel wells would be quite reasonable. And given the lack of documentation, no one can say you'd be wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 I believe Richard is on the right track....Chromate yellow was a common primer coating for many manufacturers of the day, so lacking any info saying otherwise, it'd be a very good bet. Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Seeing how it’s a Curtiss product, as was the P-40, I’d suggest using a P-40 of the same era for a reference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 19 hours ago, Stikpusher said: Seeing how it’s a Curtiss product, as was the P-40, I’d suggest using a P-40 of the same era for a reference. That is a obviously good idea. Wish I had come up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) Here is a P-40 in production in late 1941… original color from Life Magazine archives…looks like interior green in the wheel wells. Edited September 10, 2021 by Stikpusher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmertes Posted September 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 Thanks for the suggestions everybody. Now I just have to decide which color to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johneaton Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 I think it was this color, cause I don't want to change it! Collect-Aire kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts