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Selon Dana Bell : "Bronze Green # 9:
A dark, oily green dating from Nov. 1919. Circa 1938 specified for interiors of enclosed cockpits and seats, passenger compartments.
Nearest FS # 14050 / 14058 with BG #9 being a little darker and glossier.
Available model paint: Being released by White Ensign Models fall of 2007 until then an RLM 70 going toward the black/green shade can be used."
Selon l'IPMS-Stockholm : "Bronze Green:
Like Zinc Chromate, the term Bronze Green is generic and describes a dark green finish obtained using oxidized bronze as a pigment. Still used today, the term is another example of a name designating a chemical composition becoming the name of a colour. Many people associate the word Bronze with red-brown colour, but this is not the case for Bronze Green. The pigment itself contains mostly Copper Carbonate, a compound responsible for the green patina often seen on old Bronze monuments.
Dana Bell was the first to unveil the existence and use of these colours in Air Force Colors, Vol 1 almost twenty years ago. Although it is now generally agreed that Bronze Green was widely used for cockpits, we still cannot claim to have the answers to all the questions about Bronze Green and its successor colour - Dark Dull Green.
Bronze Green was specified as standard for U.S. Army cockpits in the late 1930s, but was also used by the Navy. Grumman and Republic seem to have used Bronze Green extensively, possibly more than other manufacturers. This may be attributed to both companies being located in the Long Island area, subcontracting paints form the same sources.
Bronze Green has been confirmed for the seats of North American P-51 Mustangs - which were probably subcontractor-supplied. Pilots' seats and many of the internal fittings in the Boeing bombers were also painted in this colour.
Bronze Green could have been used also for forward anti-glare panels on silver aircraft. For example, Army maintenance instructions called for its use on B-18s."
Toujours selon l'IPMS-Stockholm : "Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger:
In earlier production models TBF-1 and TBF-1C, the crew compartment was finished in two colours - Bronze Green forward from the bulkhead in front of the turret with Interior Green for the rear crew areas. Grumman Grey was used inside the cowling.
In a later set of Erection & Maintenance manuals, Dull Dark Green replaced the Bronze Green in the cockpit.
The TBM-1C and TBM-3 series aircraft built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors had everything from the inside of the cowling all the way back painted Interior Green.
In common with the general Navy practice the wheel bays, undercarriage legs, wheel hubs, landing flap bays, etc. were all finished in the lower surface colour throughout the Avenger production."
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J'ai collé le cockpit sur une moitié de fuselage. Ça va être compliqué de reprendre
