Blue and yellow primer in P-40s!

[Hammer]

God bless color photography!

http://www.retronaut.co/2012/08/building-p-40-aircraft-buffalo-1941/

I would never possibly imagine that beautiful metallic blue primer being used in a 1940s era fighter!
Regards,

Hammer

[PR19_Kit]

Isn't that the anodised finish that some US firms used on their aircraft? I think I've seen that used on a Martin production line too.

[NARSES2]

Fascinating, thanks for sharing. Interesting to see the contrast between the interior green and the zinc chromate "yellow"

[pyro-manic]

You need to think about the way that early colour film worked too - it could, and did, change the colours quite a lot depending on conditions.
Lovely pics though.

[Old Wombat]

Love that look!

Hmmm!? Despite my hating 1/72nd scale (I find it too small to work in comfortably) I have a P-40-esque build I want to do in that scale &, although completely wrong, I really may do a similar colour scheme!



Guy

[jcf]

The blue isn't a primer, nor is it 'metallic', it is a transparent lacquer-like product called Lionoil that
was used to protect the surface of the aluminum from damage during manufacture. It was to be washed off
with solvent prior to the application of primer and top coats.

Similar coatings are still used today along with green, and occasionally blue, plastic films.


As to color shift, not as much as one might these as these are Kodachrome transparencies, not
'prints'.