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Title: Turnbuckle colors
Post by: nmroberto on November 08, 2014, 12:07:03 AM

Is there any consensus on what color turnbuckles  should be painted? 

Title: Re: Turnbuckle colors
Post by: uncletony on November 08, 2014, 01:48:11 AM

Quote from: nmroberto on November 08, 2014, 12:07:03 AM

Is there any consensus on what color turnbuckles  should be painted?

this has been covered somewhere...

depends on who, what and when. German a/c had brass barrels until later in the war when they were forced to switch to steel. ends would be steel in most cases.

Title: Re: Turnbuckle colors
Post by: eindecker on November 08, 2014, 04:49:14 AM

Josef Scott reported in his Eindcker Compendium volumes that the starboard wing turnbuckles were red, the port ones green and the "A" cabane ones were blue. I don't know about other German aircraft.

Title: Re: Turnbuckle colors
Post by: Des on November 08, 2014, 07:08:47 AM

Here are a few photos of original turnbuckles, might give you an idea of the colour.

Des.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OjsSzmCKHpM/UuR97VJAibI/AAAAAAAALqQ/pRewcJOsMcs/s800/turnbuckle%2520colou%2520x%25202.png)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e2sWfxPUyIE/UuR97qjFckI/AAAAAAAALqU/5-ED9ta4SXk/s800/turnbuckle%2520colour%2520x%25201.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fn8awhqZYUE/UuSAubNkWRI/AAAAAAAALqs/bBP199Aeg4Q/s800/turnbuckle%2520colour%2520x%25203.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z-Y-szOC9uU/UuTU53Z_IdI/AAAAAAAAPV8/d7zkKMgy2RI/s800/turnbuckle%2520colour%2520x%25206.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7DIQB9KmErQ/UuTU6TdT7SI/AAAAAAAALrU/fX1ISwVBjE0/s800/turnbuckle%2520colour%2520x%25204.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GExZmFf_ZSM/UuTU6jQsvKI/AAAAAAAALrY/smEG_C09hlg/s800/turnbuckle%2520colour%2520x%25205.jpg)

Title: Re: Turnbuckle colors
Post by: nmroberto on November 08, 2014, 07:21:57 AM

Thanks guys.  I bought some Gaspatch turnbuckles for my current build and wasn't sure how to paint them. 

Title: Re: Turnbuckle colors
Post by: timpivonka on November 08, 2014, 12:01:23 PM

Wow, Des.  Thanks for the photos.  Great information.

Tim P.