I need not say it, but these guys really know their stuff ! These people have been scouring the archives, making trips to various museums, examining relics and artifacts of crashed aircraft that are located in museums and private collections from around the world. Countless research hours have been spent by these persons, some of whom are aviation historians residing in Japan. □Īlmost everything over there has been compiled over the years and is a collection of research that is based on evidence and not conjecture or theory of some individual. Notice the background color of the page on this next website. These websites are J. and Aviation of Japan. There are two main websites I have been using for color research where a TON of information on this subject has been written. Over the past few years I have been collecting notes on a lot of different WW2 Japanese aircraft. More "episodes" will continue with this series in the future if they are well received now. Just as this article is concerned with the A6M Zero, there will be a following one for the Ki-43 Oscar, and yet another on the Ki-61 Tony as examples. This will hopefully be a series of articles that will eventually include various other Japanese aircraft and the colors they used.Įach article will be based on a specific aircraft type. I wanted to make this article clear and concise, and include a lot of information on specific aircraft colors available to use in one handy location as a reference.įull credit for this research is due to men such as Nick Millman, Jim Lansdale, Ryan Towes, and countless others who have been studying in this area of research for many years. All I did was gather this information and sort through it. This article is written based on the research of others, not mine. I spent a lot of time doing this for you. When I scanned these color chips, the scanner settings were left at the factory setting of "0" Zero. Some of the pages in my book are starting to turn a little yellow. I scanned these color chips from my Federal Standard book, and they look very convincing. I am also providing color chips that are very close to the original colors that were used on the A6M. What I'm about to show you is based on my collection of notes on information which I believe to be true. There's a lot of information available on the web, but not everything you read on the Internet is valid. I suggest that if you are really serious about the colors used on Japanese (or any Nation's aircraft for that matter), that you do your own research. This will allow you, the reader, the opportunity to make your own informed choices on the colors used by the various manufacturers of Japanese aircraft during the War. I have included links to other research websites dealing on this subject.
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