Hello;
I was wondering what you guys think is a good Model Master paint match for Japanese interior green and there metallic blue.
Bill
I just use the Testor’s Zinc Chromate Green straight from the bottle more often than not… I mix my own metallic blue… That’s actually for a transparent metallic blue though… I paint the area in silver, then use just the “top fluid” in the Testor’s Gloss Blue enamel to overcoat that…
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Current research tends to show that each Japanese Aircraft company used an interior color of their own choice for the cockpit. Mitsubishi used a shade very close to US Interior Green. Nakajima used a lighter gray green similar to RAF Cockpit Green. Kawasaki used a Dark Yellow/Tan, etc. It all depends on yoru subject. But Model Master does make their own Metallic Blue that was used on the other aircraft interior area such as wheel wells.
The metallic blue color is called “aotake”. I have abottle of it I ordered some time back, but right now can’t recall the manufacturer. I think if you do a search on the model suppy sites, you would probably find it.
I just use MM British interior green for the cockpits. It’s close enough. drop a dab of this or that in it and call it good. Yes, MM does have the metalic blue. Gorgeous color.
I’ve found that MM teal acrylic, sprayed in a very light coat (adjusted as desired), over unpolished aluminum, gives a very realistic aotake color.
Gary
Tamiya also has the metallic blue in acrylic but I’m at work right now so can’t check the bottle.
Yes you can… just go to Tamiya’s website. All of their products are listed there.[;)] The boss will never know[:|]
Stikpusher and the guys pretty much covered this but if I may be allowed to be just a little anal here?
To explain aotake it was a translucent varnish applied to the metal parts of the aircraft. Out of the can it looks a light blue but being translucent when applied to metal it allows the silver of the metal to show though giving it the metallic blue look. As aotake aged it ‘faded’ to a more and more green shade. So any colour from metallic blue to metallic green is ok here.
I’ve seen some people paint the areas aluminum and then overspray them with a mixture of Tamiya clear blue and clear green. It really looks cool if you want to go that far. I’ve been using a tin of White Ensign aotake myself. The Model Master works great too.
I ordered Artic Blue Metallic from testors. I think it it looks close enough.
Bill
There were lots of colors as Stik noted. Same with the US of course, and sort of for the same reasons. I think the Tamiya metallic blue is a really nasty color, I’ve repainted it at least once.
White Ensign sells colors called Aotake and Nakajima Interior Green. They also sell a color called Kawanishi Green, for those Mavis and Emily projects. I personally usually use RAF interior green from MM because it looks real close to the few color shots I’ve ever seen of the big floaters. Also, there’s always lot’s of bare aluminum, wood etc.
Someone who knows this stuff can comment on accuracy.
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AFAIK, Tamiya released their XF-71 Cockpit Green when the 1/32 A6M5 ZERO was introduced a few years ago. Don’t let the bottle cap color fool you ;o)
Here is how the XF-71 looks:
As for the Aotake, Tamiya suggest in some models with old instructions Metallic Blue X-13. I have it but for my personal taste, I don’t feel is that accurate (too dark IMO). For the Aotake cockpit or wheel wells, I use a base of Flat Aluminum XF-16, then a coat of Clear Blue X-23. See picture below.
Hello:
Are the MM arctic blue metallic and the MM INJ green gloss or flat Its not said at testors site unless I missed something.
Bill
I failed to see the letter in parenthesis stating gloss. flat or semi gloss at the Testors website.
Bill