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Re: A6M2-21 WIP a la BH
The book/magazine article I read suggested that colours used by modellers and restorers were closer to Western concepts of primers than the Japanese originals. The finish in the museum Zero's gear looks just like the stuff you see on new Boeings. This book/magazine article said that the colour - which it called a blue-green- was uneven, being darker in places where the finish was thickest, such as in the corners of the wheel well.
Sid Marshall's Nakajima Oscar was still in its original markings back in the 1960s. While I cannot recall the colour of the wheel wells, I would remember if it had been vibrant. The upper sides had suffered from long exposure to the sun but the undersides were in good condition. Wish I had taken more notice.
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