vvwse4 Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Well, I would like too give this one a go, never done Japanese stuff before so it will be something different. It aint August yet...... Rick.
Loic Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Hey Rick, glad to see you here my friend! This Ki-43 is one good choice. Cheers, Loic
vvwse4 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 When I was doing the testfit I figured might as well get ambitious. So I dug up the Tony as well. Those fighters are small BTW. The very small one doesn't belong here Can somebody tell me what colour metallic blue is? What other colours were used by the Japanese Air Force? How do you change the topic title? Rick
Loic Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Hey Rick, metallic blue is, I belive, the color code given on the instructions for the "interior" color of the airplanes. It is actually a varnish that was applied straight onto the metal/aluminium to prevent damage like the British or US interior green or the RLM 02 for the Germans. It is in fact blue, green or blue green.... and as it is a varnish, it is translucent so the metallic sort of shinyness (?) remains visible. That is one difficult color to make on your own (to me at least!) but I know some paint manufacturers do supply it dispite some are not available any longer... As this is one major color used for the Japanese airplane manufacturing, I guess any good info, help or tip on how to replicate it correctly would be appreciate from the masses (I would myself appréciate it at least). HTH a little... Cheers, loic
DaveJ Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 How do you change the topic title?Rick Are you planning to complete both? Let me know what you want the titled changed to and I'll take care of it for you.
Patrick Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 As this is one major color used for the Japanese airplane manufacturing, I guess any good info, help or tip on how to replicate it correctly would be appreciate from the masses (I would myself appréciate it at least). J-aircraft is great for info on this subject, guys...
vvwse4 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 Are you planning to complete both? Let me know what you want the titled changed to and I'll take care of it for you. Yep, want to give it a go, make the title something like Oscar and Tony if possible. Rick.
bdthoresen Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Rick- Go to hyperscale and look up Greg Coopers J1 Gekko build articles on there. I do not have the link, but he has a really neat Aotake (Blue Green metallic) techinque- Go here- I found it.. http://www.hyperscale.com/features/2001/gekkogc_1.htm Good Luck- THOR
maverick728470 Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 So,Lt.Fujior Rick, I see fellow pilot is going to tackle our countries two all time figthers.I bow to u'er doing so fellow builder of japanese aircraft.BANZAI!Larry
ruzlkampf Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Cool Rick. I'm planning on building both these models too, probably just OOB. Hope you don't mind if I shamelessly copy some of your colors/techniques, as I don't know ANYTHING about JAAF planes?! I can't wait to try a heavily chipped and weathered Ki-43 II paint-scheme. Whoohoo! Still doing research to find out some squadrons that operated in India. Can't wait to see these come along. Russ
big matt Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Good luck Rick. I am trying to figure out this color business for Japanese aircraft as well. It seems they had more choices than the RLM and nobody can agree on what is right! Matt
DaveJ Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 It seems they had more choices than the RLM and nobody can agree on what is right! Matt Guess that makes everyone right! See? Glass half full...
Jeff Herne Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Have all sorts of data, lemme know what you need. J
vvwse4 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Posted March 2, 2009 Talk about colours, I think the Oscar will be looking something like this And I fancy this one for the Tony, but I am not sure about that If somebody has a brighter idea, please let me know. Oh yeah, the images are from Wingpalette Rick.
vvwse4 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Posted March 2, 2009 And talk about colours part 2. Been fooling around with paint a little bit to try to make the blue metallic. This is what I came up with. For the Oscar And the Tony Do the experts have a opinion about this? Cheers Rick.
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