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1/48 hasagawa d3a1 val "pearl harbor"
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With the decal selection you have plenty to choose from, neither of your choices were notable, other than BII-214 was a casualty and shot down, the plaque as you describe it was a data stencil but I can't tell you what was on it.
fubar57
General
Looks good Austin. You going to weather the interior?
Geo
Geo
If it is to be a PH Val then minimal 'weathering' would be in order, at this time the pride of the Japanese Navy, these aircraft were in tip top condition inside and out...
meatloaf109
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Without a picture of the plaque it is difficult to say.
One possibility is a "Hokoku" denoting that is was a gift from a company, individual, or even collected by street side donations. Sometimes school children would gather donations door to door.
Actually quite common in Japan, they had collections for tanks, guns and small patrol craft also.
Though this was usually carried on the fuselage.
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meatloaf109
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#31 - PEARL HARBOR raid - Soryu's dive bombers
This guy has a pretty good handle on the subject.
This guy has a pretty good handle on the subject.
fubar57
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vikingBerserker
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That's an interesting scheme.
meatloaf109
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Again, refer to the link I sent. I believe that he has the right information, as far as I have been able to determine.
Then again, I did paint a Rufe purple once, based on the best info available at that time. (1970's)
Japanese aircraft colors remain an interesting study. The emergence of the "Bamboo green" debate of late is of particular interest. There is much dissention as to exactly what shade of "grey/white/whatever-green" this is.
The very fact that Japanese paint was,
1) Unstable.
2) Made by many different manufactures.
And,
3)Open to interpretation.
Because of a reliance on spoken (Or written) word instead of color chips, this makes this discussion difficult.
Nakajima green varied through out the war, from a deep green to a blue-green.
When you have a limited economy, and all these other factors figured in, is it any wonder that the aircraft of imperial Japan
sported such weird field Canno.
Then again, I did paint a Rufe purple once, based on the best info available at that time. (1970's)
Japanese aircraft colors remain an interesting study. The emergence of the "Bamboo green" debate of late is of particular interest. There is much dissention as to exactly what shade of "grey/white/whatever-green" this is.
The very fact that Japanese paint was,
1) Unstable.
2) Made by many different manufactures.
And,
3)Open to interpretation.
Because of a reliance on spoken (Or written) word instead of color chips, this makes this discussion difficult.
Nakajima green varied through out the war, from a deep green to a blue-green.
When you have a limited economy, and all these other factors figured in, is it any wonder that the aircraft of imperial Japan
sported such weird field Canno.
The Red was applied to the fuselage only on Egusa's aircraft, there have been a few different interpretations of it. If and when i get to this aircraft I will do it in a similar fashion to that profile.
Donation "Hokoku" markings were carried on the rear fuselage with a sequence number and the donating party, not on the cowling.
see Val boxart from Internet search.
There were different greens Paul, made not by Nakajima or Mitsubishi but by separate paint manufacturers Colours also did vary from different manufacturers for the same paint colour supplied to the Navy or the Army.
Donation "Hokoku" markings were carried on the rear fuselage with a sequence number and the donating party, not on the cowling.
see Val boxart from Internet search.
There were different greens Paul, made not by Nakajima or Mitsubishi but by separate paint manufacturers Colours also did vary from different manufacturers for the same paint colour supplied to the Navy or the Army.
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Nightcrawler
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Austin, your build is going to look great, cat wait to see the finished product.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Good info Wayne.
Cheers Andy.
Austins colour does come close to one surviving Val cockpit while another is a darker green, Val cockpits were a darker shade of green than the Zero colour, while Kate cockpits leaned towards a yellow green.
Austins colour does come close to one surviving Val cockpit while another is a darker green, Val cockpits were a darker shade of green than the Zero colour, while Kate cockpits leaned towards a yellow green.
