Nakajima Kate

The front wheels for those are way oversized for my taste...

Don't you just love Hasegawa's color references? Paint the interior "cockpit color" and the propellor "propellor color". Oh well, they do make some nice kits and the Kate is one of their better ones. I agree with Pixilater on the interior color. I approximate this mixing 2 parts Model Master British Green with 1 part deep yellow. Close enough for me. For the underside my references show IJN light gray rather than bare metal for Pearl Harbor Kates, but as always, try and find specific references for the AC you want to depict. Good Luck on the Kate.

Rick

The Nakajima cockpit color is a light yellow-green. This (dusty) cockpit was painted with the OOP Aeromaster acrylic. This color is available now from White Ensign Models. It is enamel.


I am not sure of the underside color used at the time of Pearl Harbor.

As for the date, there is a simple explanation. Hasegawa is a Japanese manufacturer, and Japan is over the International Date Line. Dec. 7th in Hawaii was Dec. 8th in Japan.