by Dan K » Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:24 pm
I'll try to generalize for you.
Most IJN aircraft experts now agree that early war Zeros appeared in what is referred to as Ameiro coloring, a sort of light grey-green, with a hint of caramel. First pic posted below is a modern example. There's a lot of competing explanations as to what/why this color, but that's moot for here. Truthfully, in 1/700 and factoring in scale effect, a very light gray would probably be fine. Tamiya has a couple of grey-greens that might work as well.
Vals seem to be in a light gray as well. I'm not aware if they also wore Ameiro - I've never seen anybody discuss that. Kates generally were green on top, some might have had mottled brown mixed in as well.
Most important, all Hiryu aircraft have two blue vertical stripes marking the aft fuselage.
This link can help, though the blue striping is more like posted below:
http://japanese-aviation.forumotion.com ... r-profiles
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I'll try to generalize for you.
Most IJN aircraft experts now agree that early war Zeros appeared in what is referred to as Ameiro coloring, a sort of light grey-green, with a hint of caramel. First pic posted below is a modern example. There's a lot of competing explanations as to what/why this color, but that's moot for here. Truthfully, in 1/700 and factoring in scale effect, a very light gray would probably be fine. Tamiya has a couple of grey-greens that might work as well.
Vals seem to be in a light gray as well. I'm not aware if they also wore Ameiro - I've never seen anybody discuss that. Kates generally were green on top, some might have had mottled brown mixed in as well.
Most important, all Hiryu aircraft have two blue vertical stripes marking the aft fuselage.
This link can help, though the blue striping is more like posted below: http://japanese-aviation.forumotion.com/f2-color-profiles