The Official Monogram U.s. Navy And Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide- Vol 2-: 1940-1949

5/5 Corsair wings. Essential reference. No shelf is complete without it. Have you used the Monogram guides for a build? Did you discover a weird variation in WWII Navy paint? Let me know in the comments below—especially if you’ve ever tried to mix "Intermediate Blue" from scratch.

If you want to paint an "average" Navy plane, go buy a hobby magazine. If you want to paint the Navy plane—the specific aircraft, on the specific day, from the specific squadron—you need Volume 2. 5/5 Corsair wings

Also, the book assumes you know what a "BuNo" is. It is technical. It reads like a mechanic’s manual—because it is essentially a mechanic’s manual for historians. In the world of aviation color research, there is "guesswork" and there is "evidence." The Official Monogram U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide- Vol 2- 1940-1949 is the evidence. Have you used the Monogram guides for a build

Enter of the seminal reference series: The Official Monogram U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide . If Volume 1 covered the pioneering yellow wings of the 1930s, Volume 2 is the bloody, salty, sun-bleached saga of WWII and the dawn of the Jet Age. If you want to paint an "average" Navy

When you hold this book, you are holding the actual standards that came out of the Bureau of Aeronautics. You are holding the directive that sent thousands of blue angels (lowercase 'a') screaming across the Pacific.