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

Guys,

––Here’s the last two squadrons of IJN B5N “Kate” Bomber, Navy Torpedo in their Medium Blue (#9,10) and Black (#11,12) markings. Enjoy!

Tall Paul

Guys,

––Here’s an “In-Process” pic of an additional NEW aircraft scheme for us, the IJA-“South Seas Forces”. Note that these aircraft don’t yet have their “alpha” & “numeric” decals applied yet.
We will start out with the following aircraft:

4 - KI-61 “Tony” (Army Fighters)
2 - D-3A “Val” (Dive Bombers)
1 - J1N1 “Gekko” (Long-Range Fighter)
1 - G-8N “Rita” (Heavy Bomber)
1 - KI-57 “Topsy” (Air Transport)

Enjoy,
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

Guys,

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

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**

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

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

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

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

@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**

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**

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