Curious BT-13 Primer Color

[Steve Nelson]

Hi all,

Someone posted these pics over on a model building forum. The gentleman said his freind is restoring this BT-13, and was surprised to find all the interior surfaces primed in blue. The poster gave few details. I'm wondering if maybe this is from a prior restoration, or possibly the aircraft was originally built with a blue fuselage/yellow wings, and they simply painted the fuselage blue inside and out during construction.

Any thoughts?

Steve

[Second Air Force]

Steve,

I'm involved with a wadded-up BT that was never restored or repainted. We don't know the serial number (yet) but the interior of the aft fuselage and inside of the wings is all bare metal.

Scott

My BT-13 is an early, pre-war A model and it was painted USAAF blue on the inside of the fuselage as well. I expect a bit of light sanding would expose the primer under that blue.

Dan

[Steve Nelson]

Interesting..the gentleman who posted the pics said the plane is an "A" model as well.

SN

[HELLDIVERS]

If the outside was blue the inside was blue, the later natural metal A/Cs were green zink chromate inside

[Second Air Force]

If the outside was blue the inside was blue, the later natural metal A/Cs were green zink chromate inside

I looked at my photos of our heap of parts, and the aft fuselage is indeed primered. Memory loss is.....I forgot what I was going to type.


Scott

If the outside was blue the inside was blue, the later natural metal A/Cs were green zink chromate inside

That makes sense. There's a fair bit of stencilling here and there inside mine as well.