White Ensign Models' IJA/IJN Colourcoats

By Michael Benolkin

The folks at White Ensign Models haven't been resting. Now they're expanding their line of Imperial Japanese Army/Imperial Japanese Naval Aircraft Colours. Recognize the aotake blue metallic color on the left?

I am in the process of researching color equivalents of IJA/IJN colors, but the one thing I've learned is that the folks at WEM don't waste time and resources on inaccurate colors. The current colors in the range include:

  • ACJ01 IJNAF Green
  • ACJ02 IJNAF Gray
  • ACJ03 Nakajima Navy Green
  • ACJ04 Nakajima Interior Gray-Green
  • ACJ05 Nakajima Army Green
  • ACJ06 Mitsubishi Navy Green
  • ACJ07 Mitsubishi Navy Gray
  • ACJ08 Mitsubishi Cowl Blue-Black
  • ACJ09 Kawasaki Army Green
  • ACJ10 Kawanishi Green
  • ACJ11 Overall Light Gray
  • ACJ12 Undersurface Gray-Green
  • ACJ13 Red-Brown Primer
  • ACJ14 Earth Brown
  • ACJ15 Aotake
  • ACJ16 Mitsubishi Zero Gray-Green
  • ACJ17 Nakajima Amber Gray

I'm going to be putting these colors to work on an upcoming project, so I'll report back to you on how well they go through my airbrush, etc.

You can purchase any of these Colourcoats line directly from the White Ensign Models website (www.whiteensignmodels.com). My sincere thanks to John Snyder at WEM for these review samples.


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