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Painting WW2 Japanese Floatplanes
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RC Boater
Oct 22, 2003, 6:56:25 PM10/22/03
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Question for you IJN aircraft experts:
Did the paint applied to Japanese aircraft with faric covering chip and peel
the way the paint applied to metal aircraft did?
I've got a Hasegawa 1/72 "Alf" kit-- the biplane float plane carried on
cruisers and battleships. It is mostly fabric covered, painted with
aluminum dope, I think. If I was to paint it in the standard IJN green over
gray, is it appropriate to have a lot of the silver showing through?
TIA,
-Bill
Royabulgaf
Oct 22, 2003, 9:17:00 PM10/22/03
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Fabric paint does not seem to chip as such, but Japanese military paint seemed
to be unable to cope with the Pacific climate. If it is a wartime aircraft,
the paint should be faded and bleached. Kim M
to be unable to cope with the Pacific climate. If it is a wartime aircraft,
the paint should be faded and bleached. Kim M
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