Japanese coloring again (1 Viewer)
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The Aotake-iro colour doesn't seem to be seen from outside on the Japanese kites in the early 30'. The basic coat for planes was the silver overall and was named Gin-iro. It was the silver/aluminium/silver-grey paint or just the NMF one. So it looks like the colour could overpaint the translucent coat rather. However the IJ Army introduced the primer-paint as a translucent dark blue primer for the interior protecting of the matal surfaces in March 1932 and the regulation was revised in February 1936. But it was the Army and not the Navy.
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About the silver/silver-gray paint. If we are talking about the surfaces of the fuselage and wings, then it is rather unpainted aluminum. Duralumin. This can be seen in early seaplanes. Unpainted aluminum.
There was a painted surface on the A5M1 and other carrier-based aircraft. It was an anti-corrosion coating. But I'm interested in seaplanes. And their coloring in niches and panels.
Can this coating or primer you're writing about be considered a prerequisite for aotake or not?
There was a painted surface on the A5M1 and other carrier-based aircraft. It was an anti-corrosion coating. But I'm interested in seaplanes. And their coloring in niches and panels.
Can this coating or primer you're writing about be considered a prerequisite for aotake or not?
I doubt there was left any surface being unpainted, epecially of the Navy planes. Japanese planes were used in the conditions that were the high level moisture of the sea water and its salt. So each aircraft had to be protected against the corrosion both internally and externally. Using of a sllver/aluminium paint was someting common in the interwar period. Because the ailerons and elevators were skinned with the fabric fully I doubt the Aotake-iro could be noticed there. These parts of an aircraft were painted silver or grey overall. Ragarding the flaps that were of the metal covering ... the inner surfaces of these may stay in the Aotake-iro colour and the same for their bays. But externally these were of the silver coat.
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Could it be a painted surface? Maybe a varnish?
I have a better photo, but I can't insert it.
I have a better photo, but I can't insert it.
IMHO , yes it is painted. I would say the grey-silver or just silver paint that got the semi-matt tone because of the salt water and the weather conditions. Also the fuselage could have been painted with the clear varnish too. But the silver is the most likely. These dark painted areas were applied with a brush by the maintence crew because of the damages to the initial basic coat.
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