Pacific Carrier/Aircraft chat thread.

[Greg_147]

I've picked up one of these to have a crack at this GB. If I understand correctly, the green paint was only used for land-based Zeros? I'm hoping someone may be able to provide some insight on that one, otherwise I'll be doing it all plain grey!

[Mark1]

I've picked up one of these to have a crack at this GB. If I understand correctly, the green paint was only used for land-based Zeros? I'm hoping someone may be able to provide some insight on that one, otherwise I'll be doing it all plain grey!

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No one seems to know for sure what colours they were painted ,lots of conflicting info. The overall white or grey is now thought to be a myth, early zeros were painted in Ame-iro a pale green with a caramel hue to it, later land based planes were painted in the darker mitsubishi green overall and carrier based planes with the pale bluish grey underside, think you need to do a bit of research and come to you own conclusion really.

[Tim Marlow]

There you go…..plenty to get your teeth into….the colour research and walk around pages are very useful.

https://j-aircraft.com/index.htm

[Dave Ward]

Perhaps I'm being a bit naive, but I'm relying on a Japanese manufacturer getting the colours right, on my Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Kate - Pearl Harbor attack - Nakajima Green ( there was aso a Mitsubishi green ).
Dave

[spanner570]

I would suggest that certainly towards the end of the war, the Japanese threw everything and anything into the conflict. I don't suppose they gave much attention to what colour went where.

Just a though to ease the colour choice pain a bit....

Emperor Hiro Hito.

[Tim Marlow]

Perhaps I'm being a bit naive, but I'm relying on a Japanese manufacturer getting the colours right, on my Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Kate - Pearl Harbor attack - Nakajima Green ( there was aso a Mitsubishi green ).
Dave

Nice optimism Dave, but early Airfix and the British Caunter scheme says you’re possibly not going in the right direction
It’s actually quite surprising how quickly some of this stuff gets forgotten or misunderstood, especially when the fallibility of memory is all you have to work with…..mind you, Japanese colours were notoriously bad for fading and chipping, so near enough will be close enough……

[Guest]

Japanese colours were notoriously bad for fading and chipping

That mostly applies to the Army Air Forces, AFAIK, which were usually painted without primer — often even in the field with no preparation at all. Navy planes, OTOH, got a good, strong primer coat in the factory because of the environment they would operate in.

[BBdave]

I've found this in an old box of kits so I could be in, not sure if I'd re-scribe the raised panel lines and it'll definitely need som AM decals.



Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

I've found this in an old box of kits so I could be in, not sure if I'd re-scribe the raised panel lines and it'll definitely need som AM decals.

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Dave

The more the merrier mate

[Guest]

I'll just watch ! :smiling2:

[adt70hk]

I'll just watch ! :smiling2:

Likewise..... I've just acquired a kit that would do the job nicely but I need to focus on my study.....:tired:

[Valeron]

I'll be building this for the GB.

[KarlW]

I'll be building this for the GB.

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Sorry, liked in a hurry and didn't really look.
I don't think the Catalina fits, "Any carrier or carrier based aircraft from the war in the Pacific.", but if you can prove me wrong.....

[adt70hk]

I'll be building this for the GB.

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There is Andy's Pacific GB....I got the two mixed up....

[The Smythe Meister]

There is Andy's Pacific GB....I got the two mixed up....

Andrew,.... You must be very mixed up mate, probably all that studying!!
Karl's is the Pacific GB ...
Mine is the Japanese Aircraft one