Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-1830

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I should have added that one should recognize that these photos are of cleaned up museum displays.

On an actual aircraft, the engines are like to be coated with dirt, grime, oil, soot, or smashed bugs. Or any combination of any or all of the foregoing. The actual "in service" engine colors might appear quite different.

Cheers,

Hi

I'm working on a Meteor 1/48th PB4Y-2 Privateer conversion, and need some assistance on references. I am replaceing the Monogram R-1830's with more accurate R-1830's from Engines 'N Things. But the references I have show a variety of colors from dull silver to black for the cylinders. Does anyone out there have any good closeups of an R-1830, ideally from a PB4Y-2 and in color, but good b&w shots of a decent size from any other aircraft that used the R-1830 would help, such as the B-24, TBD, A-20, etc would really be a big help.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide :-)

Bob