"Tall Paul's" JAPANESE units, detailed & painted by the "WARMACHINE Team"

[Tall Paul]

jwo1984 & others,

@jwo1984:

very interesting camo scheme, are these painted off references??  they look great!

––Yes, many photos, books, diagrams, websites, etc. Since I’m a military historian and will soon be build a combination railroad & military museum,…I prefer my A&A units to be  realistic miniatures. I consciously make a FEW minor changes for gameplay or identity purposes.

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Here are some pics of completed KI-61 “Tony” Fighters in the IJA South Seas scheme.

[Spitfire38]

Very nice! I really like this scheme. It comes out really well for the smaller fighters especially.

Is there a way to make the photo smaller when attaching? Like resizing it? I have difficulty viewing it any larger than the thumbnail, because then it becomes too large for the screen.

Beautiful force you’ve got there!

[jwo1984]

LLHoffman is the man! those fighter camos look spectacular! well done, its going to be hard to select which squadrons to play with in your games once your project is done Tall Paul, so many excellent air units to choose from!

[Tall Paul]

jwo1984 & others,

@jwo1984:

LHoffman is the man!
––I agree with that sentiment 100%,…but “Allworkandnoclay” is responsible for the paint/decal work on ALL of the Italian and Japanese aircraft.
those fighter camos look spectacular!
––Thanks, I’m glad you liked them.
well done, its going to be hard to select which squadrons to play with in your games once your project is done Tall Paul, so many excellent air units to choose from!
**––Well, the painted units are not only for “eye candy”, but to help ‘organize’ the different ‘fronts’ and/or locations of units origins, such as to help in knowing how many movements a particular aircraft has remaining. Having units painted in “desert”, “winter”, “tropical”, “european”, etc. paint schemes is IMHO only logical,…although I will concede that they’re COOL AS H*LL!

Tall Paul**

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Here’s a couple of close-up pics of the finished Japanese G8N Heavy Bomber in the IJA South Seas camo scheme. Note the “H” that denotes a Heavy Bomber.
Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys

––Here are some FINISHED pics of the Japanese KI-61 “Tony” Army Fighters in the South Seas paint scheme. These have a Yellow fuselage stripe as their “squadron colors” Notice the “F” decals that denotes them as Fighters. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Here’s some FINISHED pics of the Japanese KI-61 Army Fighters painted in the South Seas scheme. These have a Red fuselage stripe for their “squadron colors”. Notice the “F” decals that denote them as Fighters. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Here’s another FINISHED pic of the Japanese KI-61 “Tony” Army Fighters painted in the South Seas scheme and Red “squadron colors” just because.  :-D Notice the “F” decals that denote then as Fighters. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[HBG]

Good looking paint job!

[Tall Paul]

@coachofmany:

Good looking paint job!
**––I’m glad you enjoyed it.
----The paint job only adds to the extremely well-detailed model that you guys at HBG produced.

----And let me take this opportunity to express my Thanks to YOU for the extremely NICE LOOKING British Set that you just released. WOW! Bravo!

Tall Paul**

[jwo1984]

looks fantastic! will any zeros get the south sea camo scheme as well ?

[Tall Paul]

jwo & others,

@jwo1984:

looks fantastic!
––Glad you liked them.
will any zeros get the south sea camo scheme as well ?
**––Well, before then you’ll probably see:
4-“Val” Dive Bombers
1-“Gekko” Long-Range Fighter
1-“Topsy” Air Transport
4-“Nell” Medium Bombers, and
probably some units from HBG’s ISLAND WARFARE Set,…the first of many sets in HBG’s Global Warfare-1939 Expansion Sets
before you see any “zeros” in the “South Seas Camo” scheme.

––I’m guessing and hoping by that time HBG will have produced a well-detailed version of a “zero” so I can add them to the “South Seas Forces”.

----I have 2 dozen of the HBG “Oscar” Army Fighter,….but I’ve decided that I probably will not have any painted in the South Seas scheme. They will be painted in the Green “Mainland” scheme as well as the “Winter” scheme for service in the Siberia/Manchuria/Russia theater.

Tall Paul**

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––I forgot to post the “Group shot” off ALL of the Japanese KI-61 “Tony” Army Fighters in the South Seas Camo scheme painted in both of the “squadron colors”. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––Well, here are the FINISHED pics of the Japanese G-8N “Rita” Heavy Bombers in the South Seas Camo scheme with the gameboard as a backdrop rather than the workbench. These are the units with Yellow stripe and nose “squadron colors”. Notice the “H” decal that denotes them as Heavy Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And here are the FINISHED pics of the Japanese G-8N “Rita” Heavy Bombers in the South Seas Camo scheme. These units have Red noses and fuselage stripes for “squadron colors”.
Notice the “H” decals that denote them as Heavy Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––And here are the FINISHED pics of ALL of the Japanese G-8N “Rita” Heavy Bombers in the South Seas Camo scheme. This is a “group shot” flyover pic. Notice the “H” decals that denote them as Heavy Bombers. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

[Spitfire38]

That South Seas camo looks really great! Props to the men behind the scenes ;)

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

@Spitfire38:

That South Seas camo looks really great!
––Glad you like it. The scheme really does seem to add to the effect of
“camo-clad jungle forces in the tropics”.
Props to the men behind the scenes
––Well, I agree. And in this case it would be two main people.
----First off,…that would be HBG for making the wonderful units available to us all,…and
----“Allworkandnoclay” is responsible for 100% of the paint jobs on ALL of these Japanese aircraft units.

Tall Paul

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

––It’s been a while since I’ve had any time to post any updates & pics, so here are a few new pics.

FINISHED pics of the Japanese G-8N “Rita” Heavy Bombers in the Mainland paint scheme. This pic shows the Yellow engine cowling, propeller spinner, and fuselage stripe “Squadron Colors”. Notice the “H” decal that denotes it as a Heavy Bomber. Enjoy!

Tall Paul