WW2 Japanese Ki43-II

[BlackSheep214]

I have Hasegawa Ki43-II Hayabusa (Oscar) Manchuokuo Air Corps kit. Upon reading the instruction guide for paint, 3 colors drives me crazy.

Cockpit color (Nakajima)
Propeller Blade color
Interior Metallic Blue

Cockpit color is a hard one to find and Aeromaster Warbird Acrylic AN1093 Nakajima Interior Grey Green fits the bill. I looked elsewhere and found Vallejo 886 (Green Grey is equivalent to Aeromaster. I have reservation on that color.

Propeller color I managed to come up with Vallejo Saddle Brown.

Interior Metallic Blue is an easy find in both Gunze and Model Master. They are for inside surfaces of butterfly wing flaps (and assuming wheel wells and gear doors). This color makes it look almost too metallic shiny. What would be the best way to tone down the shininest to make it look right? Would a substitute color work better?

[Stikpusher]

Tamiya makes the cockpit color in one of their later colors. You can use their Red Brown for the propellor and IIRC their Metallic Blue in place of the last color, which was a tinted clear lacquer used in the same manner as untinted Zinc Chromate

[BlackSheep214]

IIRC? Whut?

[BlackSheep214]

IIRC? Whut?

Never mind.. I now know what you meant. LOL!

I am assuming you mean Tamiya XF71 or XF76?

Don't see which metallic blue you're talking about.

[Stikpusher]

Yes, xf 71 is the same as Gunze's Nakajima Cockpit Green. I have compared the two side by side at a shop here that carried both paint lines. XF-64 Red Brown works for the propellor. X-13 Metallic Blue, or X-23 Clear Blue over Flat Aluminum can be used for the Aotake clear preservative. From what I have read, there was variation in both the hue and opacity of the Aotake coats.