WWII IJN AIRCRAFT INTERIOR COLORS

A paint set for the interiors of Japanese naval aircraft

A set of four acrylic paints from the third generation of the manufacturer range, each in a bottle holding seventeen milliliters. The shades cover what was used during the Second World War to paint the cockpits and inner surfaces of the machines of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. The set is built around the fact that the individual aircraft works used their own shade of interior green, so machines of the same type from different manufacturers differed inside.

Use

• Cockpits and inner surfaces of Japanese naval fighters and bombers.
• Telling the interior shades apart according to the airframe manufacturer.
• The blue-green protective coating of inner surfaces, wheel wells and structure.
• Mixing transitional tones for a bleached or worn interior.

Work tips

Stir the paint thoroughly before use, as the pigment settles when it stands. For an airbrush thin it as needed and spray in thin coats. The blue-green coating was a semi-transparent varnish applied over bare metal, so on a model it looks more faithful when it is applied thinly and lets the metal base show through. Finish the interior before you close the fuselage, and add depth with a dark wash in the corners.

Who it is for

• Builders of Japanese naval aircraft of the Second World War.
• Modelers who want to tell the interiors apart by airframe manufacturer.
• Airbrush and brush users alike.

Keep the paints out of the reach of children and do not let them freeze.