Vallejo Color Question

[Bruce Archer]

As my stash of Aeromaster, Floquil and Polly Scale paints are being used up, drying or other wise becoming unusable, I have had to turn to other paints. Because of this, I have purchased a Vallejo Air set for the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the kit there are three greens, IJN ark Black Green (AV71325, IJN Black Green (AV71322) and IJN Dark Green (AV71310).

 

The question is can anyone help me collate which of these greens is equal to Mitsubishi Green, Nakajima green etc? Any help is appreciated!

 

Bruce

[Troy Smith]

Hi Bruce

 

there is a review of the set here by Nick Millman,  with info what the colours resemble.

http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2017/04/vallejo-ijn-colors-set-visual-appraisal.html

 

looks to be a mixed bag,  but of use depending on what you want to use them  for.

 

FWIW a better set is the AK Interactive,  

https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=1451

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Maciej from AK Interactive tells me that the paints in this set are based on colour samples provided by Nick 'Straggler' Millman, a noted specialist in WW2 Japanese paint colours. This doesn't necessarily guarantee their accuracy, but it does indicates that they are backed by knowledgeable research, and likely to be at least as accurate as any of the alternatives.

 

IIRC the greys according to Nick are a bit dark.   I can search up the links if you need.

 

HTH

T