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Subject: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy Color Scheme
Date: 23 Jul 1992 23:36:27 GMT
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Hi,

Which reference books are you referring to? I have built several IJN (Japanese Navy)
warships (in the 1/700 scale waterline series from Tamiya/Fujimi/Hasegawa/Aoshima)
and the hull and superstructure colors seem to be a very standard color used
by the IJN since the Russo-Japanese war--IJN grey (Both Tamiya and Gunze-Sangyo
make a sample of this paint) I would describe IJN grey as a very dark grey with a
slightly blue hue. Could this be what you are referring to?

Researching Japanese warship colors as least for modellers seems pretty straight
forward compared to researching say the WWII British Royal Navy warship
paint schemes--which varied wildly from the Pacific to Atlantic theaters. The
IJN seemed to stick predictably to that shade of grey until later in the war
when it shifted to an olive green for its capital ships--carriers and battleships.

Which structures above the waterline are you referring to? searchlights? cranes?
That may indeed require a different grey from the IJN Grey I referred to in
my first paragraph? Excuse my rambling (too much coffee for me!) but this was
a favorite subject of mine once--IJN history, that is.

Could any warship buffs enlighten us out there? Maybe I oversimplified the color
scheme you might be looking for?

Good Luck

Tony