I was just looking at the 1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima Ki-43 OScar, and the cockpit color called out is reffered to as “cockpit color”, and the propeller as “propeller color”. Is there some new color chart that I am unaware of that identifies what these colors really are? [%-)]
Just kinda curious…you probably wouldn’t also need “fuselage color” as well, wouldcha?[swg]
Seriously though, that is a new one for me! I wonder if maybe it implies some leeway as far as color choices. I’m guessing it doesn’t list any kind of FS code?
According to the current prevailing research, each Japanese Aircraft manufacturing company used their own specific color for the cockpits and other components of planes they produced.
You’ll find the same color callouts on the new 1/32 Ki-61 Hein from Hasegawa - at least propellor color. Cockpit color was sometimes very similar to German sandgelb (rlm 79). Propellor color is like a rust-brown. I don’t think there is a specific paint that matches this from any of the model paint companies I know of - though there is a version of Krylon that’s very close.
-Ro
If you go to :
Click on research & follow your nose. I’m sure you’ll find your answers. And save this page, because if you build a lot of IJN/IJA a/c, it will be invaluable
Thanks for the tips, fellas! I will go and check out that page. [tup]
…according to plane and manufacturer, the cockpit could either be: natural aluminum, aluminum w/ a transparent yellowish or light greenish varnish, or medium green paint…props often were a red-brown or natural metal w/ black backsides…
I think hasegawa has a sense of humor. I built their 1/32 A6M5 Type 52 zero and had to deal with ridiculous things like cockpit color and propeller color.
What I did was pick up the Detail and scale book for japanese zeros and just color matched that way. The cockpit was, I think, IJN interior green (but I can double check that tonight), the cowling was a custom mix of black and seas blue and the propller was rustoleum red oxide primer. I believe the wheel wells were aoki (sp?) which I did with transparent blue over aluminium.
-Fred
I used Tamiya hull red I think on my Tony’s prop and nobody has said it was wrong.
I think to actually build a model, you’d NEED a sense of humor! There’s been times when that was the most valuable tool on the bench…[8-]
That still raises the questions: 1. What is tire color?
- Where can I find canopy color?
That is SO wrong!
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…ok, just kidding [:D]
That still didn’t keep me from throwing my 1/2 finished Skyraider at the wall!
Next thing you know, they will start calling out things like:
“Messerschmitt color”
“Mustang color”
“Airplane color”
[sigh]
lol! Who says you need a whole aircraft to fly?
Well…I could have turned it into a diorama!
Well, to be serious for second (I know, Boooo), but the interior color I used is Tamiya XF-71 Interior green (IJN/IJA)
-Fred
My guess is that pretty much most aircraft at that time period had the green zinc chromate (or interior green) innards. I use the MM paint, so i don’t know anything about Tamiyas. But it sounds like it’s pretty much the same thing to me. Seems to me you made the best choice! Let us know how it works out[tup]
Didnt the Japs also have a weird sort of metallic blue-green interior color? Was that just IJN aircraft? What was that all about?
Here’s an example of Tamiya’s XF-71 over grey primer
It’s a bit different than zinc chromate green
-Fred