Originally posted by Gunslinger
That's interesting cause they still use that on all unfinished aircraft metal. Pull panels on an F16 and that's what the frame underneith looks like.
Well, zinc chromate is no longer zinc chromate... Most manufacturers have moved on to different colors, or in the case of the yellow tint, it is usually much more yellow. As for the f-16, the only times I have dealt with anything of of them was a few wings we aquired years ago, and they were a light grey inside on the structure. No yellows to be seen.
As I said before, I think it depends on the manufacturers mood and what paint was cheapest that month.
