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The 'Hawks do not appear to ever get ZC behind the window...

July 18 2012 at 12:47 PM

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Response to According to your excellent last picture

...look at the photos of other similar Hawk-series planes and you never see ZC in that area, just Lionoil, bare metal or exterior color. There are other areas that have a very thin coat of ZC and appear darker, like the fin cap and horizontal stabs, mostly pressed or stamped parts that would have been manufactured in large batches and needed a little corrosion protection while they sat on the shelf waiting to be used, but the area behind the cockpit was considered exterior sheeting and would have been skinned when the rest of the airframe was being skinned.

They painted the area the PLANNED exterior color for that particular contract, then popped the plexiglass and left it in place for painting. They may have gotten a coat of ZC before the exterior paint, but it was all applied around the same time.

There is ZC around that area, on the stamped piece that the plexiglass bolts into and that fairs that area into the exterior skinning, but like I said, that was likely applied when the part was manufatured.

This message has been edited by barrowb98 from IP address 70.90.23.125 on Jul 18, 2012 12:53 PM

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