WANTED: IJN WWII Colour schemes

[UnderseaLcpl]

http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm

This is a site I like to visit from time to time. It has a lot of information and some colour pics, but most of the colour pics are from model boxes.
I'm not sure if that helps, but it's a nice site.

Originally Posted by Torplexed

That Ise should be fun. Especially with those hair-raising pagoda towers the Japanese were so fond of.

Indeed.

Interestingly enough, though, the first modern Japanese men-o-war from the period, the Kongo class, were actually designed by Vickers. At least, that's my understanding. It would be interesting to know the exact details of the contract. Did the Japanese specify "Pagoda" superstructures or did Vickers design them on their own? Were they following the example of earlier Japanese designs? I don't know of any WW1 or pre-war designs that used that style.

Anyone care to shed some light?