SimPit Paint to Match USAAF WW2 Cockpit Zinc Chromate

[doright]

Anybody have experience or suggestions for getting a paint color close to the zinc chromate used in USAAF cockpits?
The plastic model kit colors are good, but they just hold a tiny amount.

[streakeagle]

Given that pain stores can use a color sample to try to match paint, find something they can scan to try to match the color: i.e. you could use model paint to paint a sample or better yet find a real object painted in zinc chromate that fits their scanner.

 

Or you could use real zinc chromate primer which appears to be readily available if you "google" it.

[No1sonuk]

If you mean the green. we have something at work called "Cessna Green Primer".

[Spitty]

Depends on the plane manufacturer as there were quite a few different types of Zinc Chromate used.Find one in a modellers paint,paint a sample then get a paint shop to match it as Streakeagle noted.

[FoghornF16]

You can actually buy Zinc Chromate primer, in quart, gallon and rattle-can.  It's actually not any more expensive than any other paint.

But what Spitty said holds true... there is a LOT of variation in the shade and hue based on the paint manufacturer.