George,
Was hoping for some 'color' pics by now. Then I wouldn't feel bad about asking questions on the colors. I am starting my J2M3 and if I slow down I'll be finished by Monday! My kit is not complicated with very few parts.
I did read some of the articles from Nick Millman (Britmodler forum) and he appears to favor AK paints for their color accuracy. I did some 'shopping' and, other than starting yet another line of paints, many of the recommended colors were unavailable. That and I'm not so sure I'm 'married' to the Japanese model building; to mant 190's and 109s to do. So, back to my Tamiya/Vallejo stash.
Rationalizing that given the accuracy of any of my cameras on capturing the colors they shoot, as well as uploading, and the various display types that will be used to view, is it worth it? Other than 'knowing' I have the closest colors in the world, probably not!
I have two of the Tamiya Japanese green colors, XF-11 and XF-13. Given this is a navy model I will use the XF-11 for the top sides. The lower colors. I have two Tamiya Japanese greys, XF-12 and XF-14. The XF-12 is the navy color so I will be using that. I do have the olive green, for the interior, XF-58. Wing edge yellow-kindof color I have Tamiya XF-4 and Vallejo 71-078 (RLM04). I think I'll use the RLM04. The wheel bay insides are supposed to be IJN Grey. I believe I'll use my XF-54 and add some white to it.
So my question(s). You had mentioned using Tamiya XF-58 for the interior but what will you eventually be using for the exterior colors?
As a suggestion, GB builders (or any for that matter) probably should have a 'final paint applied' listing when turning the model build in. Would help some of us that are out of our element on finding a 'good' equivalent match for the paints listed on the instructions.