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.
Yes, they are printed, but the color correction in this edition is legendary. Monogram used a five-color process to match the original BuAer lacquer chips. Compare the chip for Insignia Red (used on the national insignia) to any hobby paint—you will be shocked how "orange" the real red actually was. 5/5 Corsair wings
There is a fold-out chart in the back that cross-references every Navy aircraft model (TBM, F4U, F6F, PBY, PBM, etc.) with the exact date a given Measure was authorized. If you are building a Hellcat from the USS Lexington in May 1944, you know exactly which blue was on the factory floor. Have you used the Monogram guides for a build
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. Yes, they are printed, but the color correction
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.