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Title: I-15 interior color in 1937 Post by: xan on March 08, 2014, 01:13:07 PM Hello,
I'm going to build an I-15 in northern front of SCW. (http://nsm05.casimages.com/img/2010/12/07//101207113722534317271025.jpg) This is one of the first I-15 republicans receive. Could the interior be painted in A-14 or does this colors appears later? thanks Xan Title: Re: I-15 interior color in 1937 Post by: xan on March 11, 2014, 02:46:34 PM Could a light grey in metal parts and fabric colour on fabrics be accurate?
Xan Title: Re: I-15 interior color in 1937 Post by: Massimo Tessitori on March 11, 2014, 05:16:32 PM No, fabric parts were never left unpainted, eventually painted silver to protect them from UV rays.
A-14 should have been already utilized in the '30s. There are photos of the restoration of the I-153 available both on French sites and on the forum at http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1000.0 (http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1000.0) (I think to remember light grey structures and medium grey inner faces of panels) , some bad bw photos of I-5 insides http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1724.0 (http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1724.0), and perhaps some details unpainted or of other colors. Images of I-15 bis insides are available on Squadron/Signal and other monographs. Light blue and light grey could also have been applied during overhaulings. Regards Massimo |