Inside hatches look grey to me

[James Tainton]

http://people.freenet.de/ha-ce/tank_0024.jpg

[schlichtr]

That would be correct. The insides of most hatches were the same as the tanks exterior. I have seen some exceptions though.

Roy

[Coops]

This and red primer are the two big ones.
Tank by tank, time of year, time of day..... who knows:p:p.

No doubt about these Pkw.IIIs
http://people.freenet.de/ha-ce/tank_0018.jpg

but what about this one?
http://freenet-homepage.de/ha-ce/tank_0045.jpg

[Coops]

Did ya spot this one too?
http://freenet-homepage.de/ha-ce/tank_0041.jpg
http://freenet-homepage.de/ha-ce/tank_0042.jpg

[schlichtr]

but what about this one?
http://freenet-homepage.de/ha-ce/tank_0045.jpg

My guess would be sun light reflecting making it look lighter. I think it would still be grey. I could be wrong but if it were the interior ivory/cream color it would be much brighter.

Roy

PS Notice the upside down turret bin. Cool. Wonder how they open it.

[lquah]

What's with the upside down turret bin? Someone obviously didn't read the manual :D

LQ

[Panzergrenadier]

My guess would be sun light reflecting making it look lighter. I think it would still be grey. I could be wrong but if it were the interior ivory/cream color it would be much brighter.

Roy

PS Notice the upside down turret bin. Cool. Wonder how they open it.



I think the inside of the hatch might be cream color, the vision block looks like a replacement one and is grey.

[armor fiend]

What is that, an Ausf. D? Missing a bogie too.

[armor fiend]

I think the inside of the hatch might be cream color, the vision block looks like a replacement one and is grey.
More likely, the door is a replacement, as the other hatch appears to be grey.

[schlichtr]

http://freenet-homepage.de/ha-ce/tank_0045.jpg

The more at look at this picture the more it puzzles me. See where the forward hatch hinges with the turret. The hatch part of the hing is a light color also but not the turret part indicating that hatch interior may be a lighter color....but....if you look across to the rear hatch it is the turret part of the hinges that are a lighter color and the hatch hinges are darker so it may be a lighting thing or a picture processing thing I do not know. Puzzling. The bottom line though is that I have seen other hatches with the ivory color so it is possible but most are painted the tanks exterior color.

Roy