T34/85 HATCH INTERIOR COLOUR

[HERMAN BIX]

Lads, been looking, but no definitive pointer as to the interior colour of the very late war T34/85 hatches.
Ive seen a few in museums, but I dont trust them to be right.
Any direction appreciated.

[c.rainford73]

Hello Herman up until the latter part of 1943 all of the t34 models were painted the exterior color green late 43 till the t-34 85 was developed they were painted white or an off-white color as far as I know

[dgsselkirk]

My reference too shows just an off white Herman...

[[ICE]monkey]

off white from me as well

[brizo58]

Ivory...........

[Aussie]

......and ebony.

[Estnische]

Beige, bone, Ivory, take your pick.

Richie here...

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[HERMAN BIX]

Oh joy..............instinct says same as the outside, but logic and evidence says a form of white.
I guess that by the latter stages of the conflict a white hatch reflection would be less of a problem as your own tanks had big-ass white bands bunged around the turret to avoid friendly fire issues so why not a hatch ??!!

I will colour the hatch interiors an off/dirty white & see how it looks.

Anything to keep me away from my painintheass Jagdtiger electronics.

[c.rainford73]

Herman maybe use that spare Taigen board and add a Beier sound card like I'm about to do to my late Tiger I. That way you don't have to worry about the disappointment of the pesky t90 wiring

I am currently working on a t34 and am rewiring that so I can add a Clark board tk60. My hatch is currently green and now it seems I need to paint it off white- see how maddening this all can be in the name of fun....

[HERMAN BIX]

Yip, fun it is.
I was looking at the vignette of my T34/85 & as it does not have a visible crew, its not an issue, but I cracked the hatches & it just looked odd.
I have some TS-7 racing White in a Tamiya spray can that I can decant into a pot & brush on.
Used it on my Tiger hatches to get it period correct now its crewed.


The recognition bands on mine are very subdued, as I just couldnt bring myself to go the full monty on the bands, but now at least the hatches will be right.

Thanks for the guidance lads