P-40M seat color

[Johnb593]

Hello all. I'm a newbie here so I'll introduce myself. I'm 65 years old and have been a avid military aviation fan and modeler for over 50 years. I recently retired so now I have ample model building time, etc.
I have a question I hope someone here can answer. When did Curtis start painting the seats in P-40's? I know the E's had unpainted seats but what about the M's? I am particularly interested in the M as I am currently build the Hasegawa 1/32 kit. As far as I can determine the N's had painted seats but I'm just nor sure about the M's.
Thanks in advance for your help.

John

[P-40 Admin]

It was bare aluminum, they didn't start painting the seat until the N, I am assuming because some used the aluminum seat, others a plywood seat and that would have needed to be painted.

[Johnb593]

I appreciate the answer! Something to remember on future builds.

[Vince_M]

Wasn't the "N" unique in that some of them had plywood thus painted seats?
I need to go check my references.