Soryu/Hiryu were at Kasanohara Field and received the khaki I3. Akagi/Kaga KATEs were at Kagoshima Field. As we see from relics, the Akagi and Kaga VALs and KATEs received FIELD APPLICATIONS of greenish-gray on their undersurface. Watanabe (in his cited article) asssured that this "I3" was used for a short while as a undercoat on Nakajima A6M2 and A6M2-N with the gray-green as final coat. Thus you may understand there was little uniformity between aircraft carriers. Most fields had only gray-green paint in enough quanity, then those aircraft got gray-green.while a few fields had only gloss 'Tsuchi' (earth, mud) 'iro' (color) called 'I3'. I mostly made this for myself and it's not meant to be taken too seriously or condone Nazism it's just for a better historical gaming experience. Paint stocks at each of the bases were used to paint both Nakajima aircraft and Aichi aircraft. Historical German Flag Mod 1.4 by Wargamer74 Wed 1:27 pm I uploaded a new version to mediafire for anyone who wants it. KATE and VAL types were training at various airfields. Japanese witnesses recall that this painting had to be worked around the training schedule. This pack is in 2k with 165 historical naval flags, 111 current boats/ship blks, 1 generic camo. At that moment, these VALs and KATEs were in NMF, with silver painted on the fabric surfaces. Historical boat skins for All Boats : Naval Flag Pack. In October 1941, the orders came down for VALs and KATEs of the Kido Butai to received camouflage.
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