Thanks you so much for your kind words! All the best! PS: I do have many Airfix kits in my stash

I guess in the time period of the war they never left the zinc chromate primer visible in the cockpit, it was overcoated with interioir green, in the p-47 dark dull green (with the exception of the G variant wich was manufactured by Curtiss and had interior green cockpit), or later flat black. Aircrafts after restoration these days may show differences in this regard, so I never take them as a reference for historically correct builds.

The interior of the aircraft frame was painted zinc chromate as a preservative, which is a yellow-green colour. The cockpit was painted interior green, a darker colour as shown here.

Wartime. Supply. Paint batch lot's. Different paint manufacturers. Different shifts on the factory floor at various stages of assembly. Outsourcing. Have a good think about it. The interior colour variations involved were not being adhered to according to the strictest adhesion coupled with with the added front line demand and variables. Then consider the evolving upgrade specifications. Let's not discuss exterior variations of the O.D. used on earlier versions. Go well, keep your mind open and unrestricted by limiting parameters - it is a model aircraft after all, isn't it. Sincere and warm regards from Tuckombil via Alstonville and East Ballina 800km north of Sydney, Australia. MATE 🤙

They're not that hard to make by gluing strips of sand paper to square-section wood scrap. If you make it then you can choose the grits you use, like medium grits on one stick and fine/polishing grinds on another.

It should be if you can find one still available. A lot of Eduard kits like this one are limited runs. Eduards website ships to the US I believe.

They are limited production kits so they get swept uo and you have to find resellers on the Internet. That's a shame because anything you can't get at a hobby shop makes it harder to keep shops open.

I'm glad to hear that! Well, I like 2 work with spray cans. I don't have that experience unless it's an very old spray can. Anyway decanting is an option. Thank you!

Quote from the video: "I doesn't like it" - it's his personal choice. I personally do not like "dirty" models too, for me dirt is just dirt, it doesn't equal realism. It's refreshing to see youtuber who doesn't put shit all over his kits. I lived close to millitary base once and soldiers there seemed to spend 90% of their time washing their already spotless tanks even more clean.

Natural metal finish