I hate Zinc Chromate paint

agent86 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 3:57 am **Posts:** 926

I used to restore Ferrari's for people with too much money. Then I decided to follow my passion and wrench on warbirds. I thought I would get a few points up on my fellow warbird freaks.I have worked on T-6's,P-51's and T-28's.I have spent hundreds of hours stripping Green Zinc Chromate paint off of them all.That dam paint is second only to a modern 2 part epoxy based paint like Imron,when it comes to how hard it is and what a pain in the butt it is to strip..and I'm so good at it now,I'm first in line to do it.Old Ferrari's are looking kinda good these days.forget the brownie points.anyone see a common link between all these planes?

agent86 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 3:57 am **Posts:** 926

i'll give you a hint.torrance,ca.is involved.or was that Hawthorne? El segundo?

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:38 am

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I have worked on T-6's,P-51's and T-28's

robkamm · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:56 am

common links between ferrari and warbirds are : both can be had with v-12s , seen them both in yellow. P-38 Yippie was red. only red warbird that comes to mind right now. both are expensive. neither get used enough by the owners. if you have to ask how much$ they arent for you. but getting to work on them is priceless.

51fixer · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:21 am

robkamm wrote:

common links between ferrari and warbirds are : both can be had with v-12s , seen them both in yellow. P-38 Yippie was red. only red warbird that comes to mind right now. both are expensive. neither get used enough by the owners. if you have to ask how much$ they arent for you. but getting to work on them is priceless.

There have been a few all red P-51s.
Miss Ashley, P-51C that is now Princess Elizabeth.

deltascrew · **Joined:** Thu May 13, 2010 9:38 pm **Posts:** 41

51fixer wrote:

There have been a few all red P-51s.

Excalibur III @ NASM

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:59 am

During the last days of WW2, there was a captured FW-190 used as a squadron hack by a U.S. outfit that was painted overall red.

airnutz · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:00 pm

Mike Dillon's P-40 was red as well.

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1474

The late Don Knapp's P-51D was all red as well.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:30 pm

BRANIFF had several 'catsup bottle' 727's,
METROJET used red 737's for the few months they were around-

k5083 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:28 pm

Bob Pond's Spitfire XIV was lovely in red when it was G-FIRE. There was a matching Sea Fury.

August

avenger2504 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:48 pm

k5083 wrote:

Bob Pond's Spitfire XIV was lovely in red when it was G-FIRE. There was a matching Sea Fury.

August

And a matching Hawker Hunter!

agent86 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 3:57 am **Posts:** 926

WOW, how did my rant about the misery of stripping old zinc chromate paint( is green by the way) .turn into a rant about red airplanes?

robkamm · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:25 am

Sorry about that. i didnt realise there so many red warbirds . Im sure Enzo would be proud.

agent86 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 3:57 am **Posts:** 926

robkamm wrote:

Sorry about that. i didnt realise there so many red warbirds . Im sure Enzo would be proud.

and freakin Enzo didnt use green zinc chromate paint

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