Good Tamiya kits

[Gamera]

Well for your Zero- cockpit of the Mitsubishi aircraft produced aircraft is a yellowish-green. It looks enough like US interior green I just use that and don’t lose sleep over it.

The wheel wells are aotake. It was a translucent blue varnish applied over external unpainted aluminum parts. Being translucent it shows the aluminum underneath so you get a metallic blue. As it aged the colour shifted to a more greenish shade. A new aircraft the aotake will be a metallic blue, on an old weathered plane it will be a metallic greenish-blue.

As to the exterior your guess is as good as mine. I don’t think there’s any accepted definite agreement. Some say light grey, some say a light tannish-brown, some a light pea green, some a ivory off-white. You should do your own research and come up with something you like.

Personally I’ve built their 1/48th P-47D, P-51D, and Spitfire Mk. I and they’re all fantastic kits and all worth building. Only thing is the P-47D and P-51D are going to be natural metal and it’s kinda a pain to get right. The Spit has the complex camo that’s a lot of work masking.

If you want something simple to get your teeth into I’d suggest the 1/48th F4U Corsair. Not too many parts, fits like a dream and pretty easy to paint. Go with US interior green for the cockpit and wheel wells, paint the engine steel, and then mask and spray with an airbrush or spray can the body and wings dark navy blue. Will it be totally accurate? Nope. Will it look like a Corsair? Yeap!

[TheModeler]

Tamiya kits are generally of high quality, but some are quite ancient (1970s, 80s) and have been bypassed by more “better” kits. And they tend to be priced higher than the more modern kits.

They do a limited line of 1/48 scale armor kits, that are reasonably priced and quite well done.

Yeah,there were 2 Tamiya kits that caught my eye at a local Hobby Shop:

-1/72 Mitsubishi Zero(HAMP)(WWII Fighter),priced 28 dollars

-1/48 SS-100 German Heavy Tractor(WWII Armor),priced 26 dollars

I ended up picking the Mitsubishi because it ended up being more bang for the buck.

[TheModeler]

Well for your Zero- cockpit of the Mitsubishi aircraft produced aircraft is a yellowish-green. It looks enough like US interior green I just use that and don’t lose sleep over it.

The wheel wells are aotake. It was a translucent blue varnish applied over external unpainted aluminum parts. Being translucent it shows the aluminum underneath so you get a metallic blue. As it aged the colour shifted to a more greenish shade. A new aircraft the aotake will be a metallic blue, on an old weathered plane it will be a metallic greenish-blue.

As to the exterior your guess is as good as mine. I don’t think there’s any accepted definite agreement. Some say light grey, some say a light tannish-brown, some a light pea green, some a ivory off-white. You should do your own research and come up with something you like.

Hey Gamera,thank you for so much info!Yes,I already picked a color for my plane and ordered it,which was Tamiya AS-29 Gray-Green(IJN).For the interior,I already bought the US interior green,and I will have to decide on the other colors.