Hi Group,

Do any of you have information about the colors of components inside the V-2? Was anything (on a rocket intended to be used as soon as possible) primed? Or was everything unpainted aluminum/steel?

I've looked at a dozen photo galleries of V-2s around the world in museums; those with exposed "guts" have the components painted fanciful colors for educational purposes.

Thanks for the help!

Operation Backfire - Preparation and launching of the V-2 rocket. 40 minute movie that is, unfortunately, in Black & White.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DzifHHIxk

Great movie to watch! Thanks for the link Michael.

Kind regards,

Robert Jan

The colors seen below don't look much fanciful to me (but are they accurate )

https://historicspacecraft.com/Rockets_V-2.html



H.P.

Considering weight is a problem when you want the maximum velocity, refer to the tanks shown in the documentary, metals and other materials would be without paint. Paint is weight!

Kind regards,

Robert Jan who also checked the followup on Wernher von Braun doc.

Mike, Frenchy,

Great finds! Thank you.

Here is the site I used: V2Rocket.com
Here's their V2 at Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

Thanks again,

Fred

The hull inside was painted in leadmenie
Only the early rockets also on the out side a layer of leadmenie.

Bert

https://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Germany/Mittelwerk-GmbH-V-2-Rocket.aspx

H.P.

Bakelite covers for gyros were their natural black material color. That and the fuel tanks were all unpainted aluminum (because the "Backfire" film says as much) is all I can tell you.

leadmenie - ???????

German translator doesn't seem to want to handle that one.

Red lead primer? Dark Red?

Sorry, please help.

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OK a Dutch dictionary finally told me "Red Lead".

I'm assuming it's the standard red oxide primer the Germans used on much of their equipment.

Red Lead Primer is the best translation so far. I remember it from the past as an almost orange and very smelly paint.

Kind regards,

Robert Jan

Albert, Frenchy, Jan and Michael,

Great info, gents! I am glad I haven't finished painting, and I'm getting ready to fire up the airbrush in a few minutes!

I figured that the cruciform frame for the gyros and such were wood.

Thanks,

Fred

They were using plywood and this was left unfinished. The Russians still use similar plywood supports in their Scud Missiles!