This is part of a review of a new product line by IPP out of Korea. The original post, as below, that I did on the US Navy colors, and the follow-up review if the IJN colors can be seen HERE on the Modelwarships.com website.
Matt of Kraken Hobbies sent along some samples of the new lacquer based ship paints from IPP of Korea. The range is mostly made up of USN WWII colors at this point, but does also have some WWII IJN colors, as well as modern colors. The lineup as of now is, per Matt’s ability to order:
IJN: Sasebo Grey, Kure Grey, Linoleum Brown
USN: 20B, 5-O, 5-L, 5-H, 5-S, 5-N, 5-P
Modern USN: Deck Matt, Flight Deck Matt, Freeboard Superstructure Matt
JMSDF: Freeboard Superstructure Matt, Deck Matt
Per Matt, they also offer their own brand of thinner and leveling fluid, which I would recommend. More on why later.
The following paints were tested by myself and IJN expert Dan Kaplan. I’ll comment on the three USN colors, Dan will chime in on this thread with his thoughts on the IJN offerings. Testing was done by spraying the paints on white styrene, unprimed, to match as close as possible the Snyder and Short paint chip cards (hereafter S&S) that both Dan and I possess. Continue reading →