What Color for Engine Control Panel Box?

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Frank Vernet
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What Color for Engine Control Panel Box?

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So I have all the parts, bits and pieces necessary to rebuild the Engine Control Panel, but the original box looks like h*ll. No other way to put it.

I want to repaint it and the obvious choice is the original black and that's easy enough.

My question is - if not black, then what color? The obvious options are grey (dark or otherwise), oak (or a color close to natural wood), plain white, off-white. What else?

Who has pictures of a Control Panel Box other than black?
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Russell
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Re: What Color for Engine Control Panel Box?

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Mine was origonally white, it looked rough so when I painted the cockpit I painted the box the same white as the cockpit.
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