REQ: FSX SB2C Helldiver

I doubt that it was the SB2C. You mentioned "The Gun". I must have been a single .50. We opted for the twin .30s, both smaller and it put more ammo out there in a shorter period of time.
He would have uncaged the gun. Park it to one side. Then put the hydraulic selector to "Fold Canopy". Put in the wobble pump handle and start pumping. Remove pump handle and stow it. .Start the electrical system and take off the safetys and charge the guns.
Hardly something that someone would be able to teach himslf.
 
mal998 said:
I have fond memories of building a wonderful Monogram 1/48 scale Helldiver (now I am dating myself).

It was loaded with moving features, folding wings, opening/closing bomb bay, retractable landing gear...what a great model that was.

Monogram had a complete line of 1/48 scale WWII Navy and Army aircraft. I built 'em all...P-39, F4F, TBM, SBD etc. etc.

Good times, those days!
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mal998
You can get most of the old Monogram 1/48 kits now, as they have been rereleasing them over the years. I have managed to pickup some I missed when originally released. My SB2C is still in the box, just the interior green base coat hand painted so far. Must have been done over 20 years ago. :kilroy:
 
Was it in the yellowsh green, known as "baby crap yellow" for the Zinc Chomate they used for the insides, or was it the dark green paint, that they used on the outside exterior parts, like the landing gear?
 
modelr said:
mal998
You can get most of the old Monogram 1/48 kits now, as they have been rereleasing them over the years. I have managed to pickup some I missed when originally released. My SB2C is still in the box, just the interior green base coat hand painted so far. Must have been done over 20 years ago. :kilroy:
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Funny thing is, I have a Monogram P-61 sitting in the closet in the exact same shape. Still unbuilt with only the cockpit area painted zinc chromate green.
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They used zinc chromate on the interior parts of planes for many, many years. I believe it was used because of it's anti-corrosive properties.

"Back in the 1940s as well as in the paint industry of today, the term Zinc Chromate does not refer to a paint color, but rather a protective coating.
Zinc Chromate is a corrosion resistant agent that is added to certain coatings. Even today, chromate finishes including Zinc Chromate provide superior corrosion resistance. Additionally, Zinc Chromate is highly toxic thus protecting the surface from proliferation of organic matter.
In the aircraft industry of the 1940s, Zinc Chromate was used as an anti-corrosive barrier primer; it could be described as a sort of painted-on galvanizing. It has been developed by Ford Motor Company by the late 1920s, subsequently adopted in commercial aviation and later by the US Military. Official USAAC notes mention successful application of Zinc Chromate primer starting from 1933, but it has not been adopted as standard until 1936."

Interestingly enough, I just came across this picture of a P-39 that had the landing gear painted green, which in my recollection is very unusual.

Most were either left as bare metal or painted aluminum color.

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That dark green was used on most of the war time aircraft. It was called exterior Zinc Chromate. Not like the pale yellow/green stuff used in the inside. The paint was called "Zinc Chromate" not to be confused with Ford's patents.
Here a picture of a poorly serviced landing gear. Showing the dark green in the gear and the wheel cover.
 
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