I'm going to use Tamiya Sky to paint the interior of the M113 (and Hobbyboss's AAVP).. I want to use the salt technique to do some paint chipping and scratches on the interior flooring and whatnot.. what would be the color that shows from underneath the sky color? Should it be black, dark brown.. or something else?

Thanks for your help
Hisham

Looks like an aluminum colour to me.

Hisham, the floor plates on the 113 are bare metal. they are not painted to reduce wear. I'm guessing but they are probably aluminum.
The interior walls are also aluminum, engine hatches and the drivers floor area suffer the most wear.The interior engine hatches come off for routine maintenance. I spent most of my service on tanks but did train and drive 113s now and then.


Tom

I agree with Gareth and Thomas about the M113. Looks like the floor is not painted indeed :



For your AAV interior, just check out Daniel Attilio's pics :

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/deattilio/library/Amtracs/Interior%20various?sort=4&page=3

Aluminium is the way to go

H.P.

I would use a light grey color as the base for chips.

I served in the M113 series of vehicles for almost 10 years. The floors were indeed alum color but were made from steel. We painted them for dog and pony show inspections but in silver. The rest of the interior actually had very little chipping,even around the engine panels as the paint was very robust. A dull silver color would work for chips IMHO.
J

Hisham

Don't know if you have it in stock, but Tamiya XF-71 Interior Green(IJN) may well be a better match for the interior "Seafoam green".

H.P.

Mouse House sells FS24533 Seafoam Green. Scale Finishes also has Seafoam Green



Krylon Celery or Pistachio are good, too.

Thanks a lot for your help, guys.

Henri-Pierre.. the reason I thought of sky is that, if I remember correctly, Gino suggested that it works well for these modern interiors.. Anyway, I'll check the Interior Green you suggested and compare it to the sky, because sometimes the color looks right, but ends up looking too dark after it's painted on.. especially with an interior.

Thanks again
Hisham

I used the Tamiya XF-71 interior green that Henri-Pierre suggested for my M113 and was pretty happy with the results. I'll let you judge that for yourself.

The interior paint from the factory/rebuild shop was lighter than the paint in cans we were given to brush paint in the unit lines.

lol, I was going to say the same thing, the floors were painted for inspections, as well as the walls and anywhere else that was chipped. If I remember correctly we had sea foam green spray paint from the local store that we did touch up with. I also remember guys using hydraulic fluid on road wheels and anything else made of rubber or plastic, sort of a poor mans Armor All.