Oxford NZ1222 cowlings

[silverfox]

I was going to do the Special Hobby kit of the Oxford as NZ1222 102 as in the kit decals, but in Vol 1 of Warren P Russells book on the RNZAF colour schemes he shows a picture of NZ1222 and says the cowlings are red rather than polished metal suggested by the manufacturers.

I don't think the cowlings are polished they look dull on the photo but does anyone know the colour? The kit decals for NZ1222 are wrong as they show the serial to be dark grey and the photo clearly shows them to be white.

Thanks for looking.