Yellow trainer bands

Can anyone confirm what the original RAF finish would of been, ie. gloss, semi-gloss, satin etc etc

The drawing also calls up a clearcoat lacquer to be applied all over except on the anti-dazzle panel would this of been a gloss lacquer? I have the drawing here but I don’t have a reference for the DTD or AM specs.

I always liked that banded yellow training marking – the later very high viz ones just don’t have the same aesthetic appeal.

And very good it looks too!

Bs381c No356 Golden Yellow is indeed the correct shade for the silver Chipmunk scheme. We’ve just out-shopped WP929 in the silver scheme, pic on the Duxford Diary thread.

Roobarb

DTD 751 is the material specification for the cellulose finish that replaced DTD 83 from June 1945. It was developed to provide better Infra Red protection for plywood and fabric covered aircraft especially in the Far East.

Yellow. The wartime colour had an ‘orange’ cast to it. It remained in use post war as Aircraft Finish No 2 in the MoS list. The ‘orange’ was lost from the later high gloss yellow MoS Aircraft Finish No 405 in use from the mid-1950s. Neither of the two Aircraft finishes were included in BS 381C in 1964, perhaps because BS 381C No 356 Golden Yellow was a close enough match to MoS Aircraft Finish No 405 to make it pointless.

DTD751 anyone?

Drawing calls up a clearcoat lacquer as well, is this a gloss finish lacquer?