Have begun my Anigrand resin D-558-1, cockpit is mostly painted, according to the NASA black and white pics: grey, aluminium, black panel.
Researching the actual 'plane, it looks like the undercarriage legs are red on the red 'plane, and white on the white 'plane; with at least the nose gear doors coloured likewise on the interior side.
Could be that the only colour images are influenced by how a magazine cover is printed, however; with hand coloured seperate plates based upon monochrome or colour originals. If there was a D-558-1 in a museum... but it seems all of the early ones were destroyed.
By the way, how do I post photos in a post? Just copy and paste from my pictures folder? Thanks in advance.