tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post861295632278832818..comments2024-03-12T17:36:36.945+09:00Comments on WildEagles: Model Commentary #3a - IJNAF Fighters' Anti-glare Cowlings and moreArawasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09356734843656289711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-73935605775703967832014-06-03T21:40:05.796+09:002014-06-03T21:40:05.796+09:00Thank you guys for your comments.
Weathering will ...Thank you guys for your comments.<br />Weathering will be the subject of the next Model Commentary after this one on the anti-glare and cowlings.Arawasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356734843656289711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-63024684770632959382014-06-03T05:15:20.643+09:002014-06-03T05:15:20.643+09:00I agree with Bernhard about the weathering, althou...I agree with Bernhard about the weathering, although I have seen photos of operational IJAAF planes that look very scruffy. Not to mention the G3M in the post below!<br />Mostly though, it was the exception rather than the rule. Conditions varied, as did use.<br />I have seen some models that are very over-weathered, too much really.D, Chouinardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-49650951767046368672014-06-02T13:55:36.331+09:002014-06-02T13:55:36.331+09:00Oh, great help for modellers
Thank you George. Thi...Oh, great help for modellers<br />Thank you George. This is a very good going on step by step to explain japanese a/c painting rules.<br />To refer shortly to your text, it is very often, that japanese a/c after surrender are taken as painting guide. Hands off, be very carefully, since many a/c shown on photos were already deserted by months. This missleads to too much weathering. The same thing we have even with german <br />a/c too.<br />Anyway, great help. Continue.<br />Sincerely<br />BernhardBernhardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160546163844864803.post-81960788304854392072014-06-02T01:48:34.185+09:002014-06-02T01:48:34.185+09:00I have often wondered about the "blue-black&q...I have often wondered about the "blue-black" and "gray-black" debate. Like anything else in war time conditions, you used what you had, and if you had to mix a little blue in your black paint to extend the supply, you did it. Sometime pigments break down differently depending on the manufacturer of the paint. (Slightly different pigments or binders used.)<br />The color of 70 year old aircraft, built and used under wartime conditions, will always involve a bit of educated guesswork, especially of records are somewhat spotty.<br /><br />And yes, radial engines sling oil EVERYWHERE! They don't stay "clean" for long, I can tell you from personal experience. And if they don't leak, the you likely have no oil left in the engine.<br />The interior of most radial engine cowlings I have seen, if painted, are chipped, dinged, and dirty in short order. If natural metal, just plain DIRTY!<br /><br />Great post!<br /> D. Chouinardnoreply@blogger.com