Post by Daniel C on Mar 11, 2011 13:49:58 GMT -5
Corpsman asked about floatplanes. Here is what I can find....
Well, good question! It looks like not a lot of research has been done in this area for us "westerners". I found some info on the J-aircraft.com website. Japanese Army and Navy paints and camo schemes are a very interesting topic! And it seems no one really can say with 100% accuracy.
There is a good post in the research section of J-aircraft on "myths" of Japanese paints and painting. It seems that just before the war (with the US) started they took a bigger interest in camo on their planes. It talks about the colors of the Pearl Harbor strike aircraft and goes on from there talking about how the Japanese painted their aircraft.....
So, this is my best guesstimate of your floatplane predicament!
Here are some examples of Daves, Petes, and Jakes. Just what floatplane any particular ship had aboard is another big can of worms!
It seems that Daves had a three tone camo, Brown and green on top, grey (maybe nat. metal) on the bottom.
Petes (pretty airplane!)
For the time you want, I would go with the green over grey.
This aircraft was on Hiei in 1942 Guad. battles (maybe
)
There was more discussion on Petes and an artist did these drawing during the discussion....
hehehehe, does this help??
I would say you would be safe with IJN Green over IJN grey, no black cowling, white or no white surround of the hinomaru seems ok. ID bands I am not sure when the yellow ID bands started on the leading edge of the wings. The floats did have a red prop warning band.
The early war seemed to have a mix of aircraft on the cruisers and Battleships. There seems to have been some Petes (observation/fighter) and a three seat long range search type, Alf, Daves, and Jakes were starting to enter into service too.
There is also discussions on what type were aboard what ship at what time and what the tail numbers were.....
;D The IJN is fascinating to get correct........ and frustrating too!
Well, good question! It looks like not a lot of research has been done in this area for us "westerners". I found some info on the J-aircraft.com website. Japanese Army and Navy paints and camo schemes are a very interesting topic! And it seems no one really can say with 100% accuracy.
There is a good post in the research section of J-aircraft on "myths" of Japanese paints and painting. It seems that just before the war (with the US) started they took a bigger interest in camo on their planes. It talks about the colors of the Pearl Harbor strike aircraft and goes on from there talking about how the Japanese painted their aircraft.....
So, this is my best guesstimate of your floatplane predicament!
Here are some examples of Daves, Petes, and Jakes. Just what floatplane any particular ship had aboard is another big can of worms!
It seems that Daves had a three tone camo, Brown and green on top, grey (maybe nat. metal) on the bottom.
Petes (pretty airplane!)
For the time you want, I would go with the green over grey.
This aircraft was on Hiei in 1942 Guad. battles (maybe
)There was more discussion on Petes and an artist did these drawing during the discussion....
hehehehe, does this help??
I would say you would be safe with IJN Green over IJN grey, no black cowling, white or no white surround of the hinomaru seems ok. ID bands I am not sure when the yellow ID bands started on the leading edge of the wings. The floats did have a red prop warning band.
The early war seemed to have a mix of aircraft on the cruisers and Battleships. There seems to have been some Petes (observation/fighter) and a three seat long range search type, Alf, Daves, and Jakes were starting to enter into service too.
There is also discussions on what type were aboard what ship at what time and what the tail numbers were.....
;D The IJN is fascinating to get correct........ and frustrating too!
