tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post1451173960326293412..comments2024-03-17T22:27:23.293+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Kawasaki Ki-100 Type 5 Fighter ColoursStraggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-47113132861210547412022-06-13T13:24:05.759+01:002022-06-13T13:24:05.759+01:00Thank you NickThank you NickRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08138770605897158991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-4501090340911491542022-06-12T18:50:09.234+01:002022-06-12T18:50:09.234+01:00Hi Rick
I don't think those interior greens w...Hi Rick<br /><br />I don't think those interior greens would be typical. I'm not familiar with AmmoMig paints but I suspect they are intended for IJN aircraft? The RAF Museum Ki-100 had the cockpit interior originally painted the same colour as the exterior, approximately similar to the olive drab FS 33070, except for the electrical panel which was a more brownish olive drab approximately similar to FS 34088 and the floor assembly which was a dark purplish-grey, possibly the earlier # 3 grey indigo interior/primer colour age degraded <br /><br />The Ki-61-II also had an olive drab cockpit interior so it could be considered typical for the Ki-100. <br /><br />Regards<br />NickStraggler 脱走兵https://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-91701463172922823772022-06-12T17:58:41.104+01:002022-06-12T17:58:41.104+01:00I have the 1996 #09144 Hasegawa Ki-100-I Koh 1/48 ...I have the 1996 #09144 Hasegawa Ki-100-I Koh 1/48 scale kit. <br /><br />It lists Sandy Brown as the interior color as Gunze 19 or Mr H66.<br /><br />Is a Nakajima Interior Green or Mitsubishi Interior Green from AmmoMig a more accurate color?<br /><br />RickRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08138770605897158991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-69960965954428554742020-07-31T02:30:59.913+01:002020-07-31T02:30:59.913+01:00First of all, I'm regretting choosing this scr...First of all, I'm regretting choosing this screen name... ok, now that that's out of the way I have a "dilemma" regarding painting the Ki-100 -I otsu. In your Ki-61/Ki-100 Osprey book you mention that there were new airframes constructed in late 1945, and also that some Ki-100 delivered to the 5th Sentai were dark green/Kawasaki green. Now, I think the directive to paint Army planes IJA #7 inside and out (but mostly the inside part) seems more like a matter of expediency, in that the manufacturer need only stock one paint. Of course existing paint stocks would first be depleted and then the directive would have been fully carried out. <br /><br />For the stockpiled Ki-61 airframes that were used for the majority of Ki-100 Koh and Otsu, I have to assume that they were IJA#7 on the inside, as the painting directive was probably being followed. Then towards the end of the war and when the new build Ki-100 airframes (all Otsu?) the airframes were painted inside and out with whatever colour (or paint batch) was on hand. If that batch resembled IJA #7, so be it, if it was dark green, then the plane was painted that colour indies and out. I just can't imagine the factory painting one colour for the interior and one for the exterior that late in the war. Maybe it did happen, maybe between the airframe construction and by the time the plane was completed there was a new batch of paint (hence why we see IJA # 7, dark green, and dark brown Ki-100s). Or, maybe the factory were somehow sticklers to the directive. <br /><br />I'd appreciate any input or counter argument as I wait for my replacement wings from Hasegawa (badly warped) and ponder what colour to paint my Ki-100-I Otsu from the 5th Sentai<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Woody<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />WKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290786736987636629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-36401559872092189482019-12-26T03:27:41.114+00:002019-12-26T03:27:41.114+00:00Great post as always, Nick. Love the connection to...Great post as always, Nick. Love the connection to Ki-45 colors too, saved this for future, closer reading and study.<br /><br />DanDan Salamonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06867170297794255606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-55913803379408362422019-12-23T21:17:11.526+00:002019-12-23T21:17:11.526+00:00Again Nick, thank you for such a great article/pos...Again Nick, thank you for such a great article/post on the colors of these a/c. <br /><br />WarrenWDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204900692700819218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-16880717510190914632019-12-23T19:53:07.912+00:002019-12-23T19:53:07.912+00:00Hi Danilo, the blog's third paragraph does men...Hi Danilo, the blog's third paragraph does mention that the yellow wing leading edge IFF strips were over painted in the airframe colour except for 'stars' left around the gun muzzles. The yellow 'no step' markings are present and visible in other photos. FWIW my personal opinion is that this aircraft was only partially re-painted in US hands and there is no evidence of previous coats of paint revealed by the bare metal patches. <br />Regards<br />NickStraggler 脱走兵https://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-59547315721760080432019-12-23T19:20:26.607+00:002019-12-23T19:20:26.607+00:00Nick, another great, precious piece! But the Unive...Nick, another great, precious piece! But the University of Illinois' ki-100 picture especially attracted my attention: is the leading edge ID stripe totally faded away or it has never been painted?. It seems that only a yellow marking remains around the gun's opening.<br />Also, are the markings in the "no step" area, painted in yellow or they simply faded away too?Danilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357346456822995831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-89307655884461968362019-12-23T17:09:17.053+00:002019-12-23T17:09:17.053+00:00Beautifully presented. This really covers the wat...Beautifully presented. This really covers the waterfront, thanks for collecting, assimilating, analyzing, and presenting. My friend Jim, who is a great modeler still relatively new to the blog, wrote me this in an email five days ago: 'his recent rundown on IJAAF prop colors was epic. His site gives me pause to believe that the internet isn't really evil.' Hey hey :<) Mark Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-88957088118455307212019-12-22T16:35:21.722+00:002019-12-22T16:35:21.722+00:00Excellent Nick. This is exactly what I needed. Man...Excellent Nick. This is exactly what I needed. Many thanks!Michael Thurownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-70319472517963458812019-12-22T15:07:32.590+00:002019-12-22T15:07:32.590+00:00Thanks for taking the time and effort to pull all ...Thanks for taking the time and effort to pull all this info together, Nick.Ken Glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-21087298205920387122019-12-22T14:57:04.291+00:002019-12-22T14:57:04.291+00:00Hi Alex, thanks. Dunno I'm afraid. The Ki-100 ...Hi Alex, thanks. Dunno I'm afraid. The Ki-100 was certainly flown in combat at night, as was the Ki-61 (plase see page 67 of the Osprey book re 59th Sentai). Night flying training was intensified from July 1944 but Air Divisions took different approaches. In most air defence units specific aircraft and pilots were assigned to the role but how those specific aircraft were equipped for night flying is obscure. In 11th Air Division pilots were graded and trained according to their role - 'A' for proficiency in night flying operations, 'B'restricted to daylight operations and 'C' below standard for both. 12th Air Division requested additional specialist night fighters but a shortage in production resulted in pilots being specially trained to fly regular fighters at night, which also involved the use of the 'Mi' stimulant drug.<br /><br />From July 1945 the 5th Sentai was designated within the permanently stationed air defence force as a night fighter unit with 22 Ki-45 and Ki-100 aircraft as part of the 11th Air Division covering the Central District of Japan from Kiyosu airfield. Don Thorpe's book on Japanese Army Air Force camouflage and markings memorably illustrated a Ki-100 of this unit with the tail number '37' in what he classified as an 'S14' finish - a solid deep blue (A22) upper surface over natural metal under surfaces - with the note that the paint had weathered to a lighter "chalky blue", suggesting a first hand observation rather than speculation. The use of such non-standard and perhaps experimental schemes cannot be ruled out. <br /><br />Regards, NickStraggler 脱走兵https://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-80091852446983772462019-12-22T08:56:16.639+00:002019-12-22T08:56:16.639+00:00Great. Thank you, Nick!
Was the JAAF planning to ...Great. Thank you, Nick!<br /><br />Was the JAAF planning to use the Goshikisens for night combats to give them a factory made night combat camouflage?<br />By your Osprey's book, Ki-61 didn't have a special camouflage for a night fighting.<br />Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002858339960959516noreply@blogger.com