I'm pretty sure I've got that pic of the front cover being the same color as the back cover in a burgundy color, but it sounds like it was the exception, rather than the rule, so maybe I'll stick with black for that one.The objects in this collection are from The U.S. Trust me, it ain't fun trying to dig out an allen wrench from behind the ACM Panel the front seat after someone drop it while removing the HUD camera. These covers were FOD (Foreign Object Damage) covers used to keep stuff from falling down behind the instrument panels while working in the cockpit. This cover was a three piece cover, two sides and a center section and was hardly ever removed or messed with. The covers in the front cockpit are suppose to be black and I can't recall ever seeing one that wasn't black or just faded black (waiting for a pic to be posted to prove me wrong). Depending on what batch of material the PR's (Parachute Riggers, aka squadron seamstress :D ) when they made new ones would determine what color it faded to. It started out to be black but after sitting in a hot cockpit and under a windscreen/canopy the color would fade (badly). The glare shield covers were fabric (almost like canvas) covers that covered the area behind the instrument panels. They were held in place by snaps and never removed, unless you dropped something behind them and that was rare. Most of the ones I've seen are Dark Ghost Grey like the cockpit but some where Light Ghost Grey due to fading. The correct color depends one what aircraft you are doing, again, these faded also. the best way to descripe this fabric is that it's like the material out door seat chusions are made of. The fabric on the sides is a foam filled fabric used for sound dampening and installation of the cockpit. That is why they look to be two colors, one color on the left, another color for the right one. It was quite common for the cover to be grabbed and pulled while getting in and out of the jet so it get beat up and replaced more often then the right side one. The one for the RIO's was a two peice cover and the port side cover always got the most abuse since that was the side the boarding ladder was on. Depending on what batch of material the PR's (Parachute Riggers, aka squadron seamstress ) when they made new ones would determine what color it faded to.
Why is this stuff here too?Īnd the last question concerning both: What colors are accurate? It appears to be grey canvas along the outside edges, right in front of all those breaker switch thingies. I also notice a lot of fabric-like material along the outer portions of the cockpit, especially back in the RIO's pit. What is this stuff and why is it covering the glareshields?
In most pics it looks like weathered burgundy colored vinyl and in others it looks like just beige canvas. As I paint my second Tomcat pit, I'm curious as to what that covering is on the glareshields and why it's there.
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