Mosquito Exterior Surface Preparation?

[pstrany]

Hi;
Was wondering if anyone had any details of Mosquito exterior surface preparation practices? Specifically, was the wood primed before painting (colors) and such things as that. I'm doing a "skin" for a Mosquito, looking for details on surface preparation, and what would be exposed by "weathering" and such....
Thanks!
Paul

[Graham Boak]

This is perhaps not a complete reply, but the wood was covered in fabric (mapolam?) and primed with the usual red fabric primer.

[Dave Wadman]

Hi Paul,

To expand on what Graham has posted the following is taken from the relevant Mosquito publication A.P.2019B:

132. Protective Treatments: The following protective treatments are employed on the components indicated (this is followed by the relevant diagram numbers)
(i) Fuselage, external. Madapolam
3 coats red dope
2 coats aluminium dope
Camouflage, or matt black

(ii) Wings, tail plane and fin external
Exactly the same as for the external surface
of the fuselage
Undercarriage wheel well
1 coat primer (red dope?)
1 coat hydraulic fluid resisting paint

HTH

Dave

[pstrany]

Hi;thanks for your replies. It is very helpful in painting a "skin" to know what underlies the surface. I'll also ask then how the cockpit and nose area (interior) would have been prepared - "standard" grey-green primer, or other colors?Paul