After receiving 819 surveys (and we want to thank EVERYONE who took the time to respond to our survey) casting a vote for the first 6 military sets we should release for the IPMS National Convention In August at the Phoenix Convention Center the winning 6 sets are as follows:

TCP-10601 Southeast Asia (SEA) Camouflage Colors (F-4 and B-52).
TCP-10602 Modern Radar Dispersions for F-22 and F-35 Jets plus Titanium.
TCP-10604 ANA World War II Colors, Army & Navy
TCP-10701 Olive Drab Armor Set Plus Detail Colors
TCP-10703 NATO Armor Set Including Verdant Colors
TCP-10901 Flesh Tones Set - All Brushable Paint, Including several Ethnic Colors.

All sets will include 6 1-oz. (30 ml) paints, an instruction sheet and a sample of our fine masking paper. Each set will be priced at $ 32.95 and will be available for sale August 1, 2018. Artwork for the boxes has already been in the works (on these and all other sets we listed in the survey) so that we would be ready to go to production the week of May 21. The first 5 sets are ALL Air Brush ready to spray at 28-35 PSI with a medium tip !

Although set # TCP-10610, the RAF WWII Set #1, actually finished in 4th place (with 250 votes), we do not have all the RAF colors matched as yet. So we will release this set (with a couple of more that received good numbers) for the Fall hobby season.

You may place reservations for any or all of these sets with your favorite hobby shop, online store or with us directly. We will start shipping these sets after August 1.

Looking forward to your comments and your orders. Your votes COUNTED and how many manufacturers have customers choose the products to be made ?!

Martin Cohen, PhD
Tru-Color Paint
P.O. Box 74524
Phoenix, AZ 85087-4524

714-488-9779
email: [email protected]

Martin,

I think these are great ideas. I look forward to these four:

TCP-10601 Southeast Asia (SEA) Camouflage Colors (F-4 and B-52).
TCP-10604 ANA World War II Colors, Army & Navy
TCP-10701 Olive Drab Armor Set Plus Detail Colors
TCP-10901 Flesh Tones

I am not a modern guy so I look forward to more of the oldies!

Thanks everybody for participating.

So what does ANA stand for?

ANA stands for Army-Navy Aeronautical Standard and was established for ALL military aircraft built from 1940 to 1949. This joint effort assured that no matter what manufacturer - Boeing, Vought, Consolidated, Douglas, Grumman, Martin, Curtiss and numerous other builders in plants across the U.S. painted the planes in standard colors. At least that was the plan - it did not work in some areas.

This was essential for the 1000's of aircraft being built during WWII both in color and camouflage layout. ALL of the ANA colors are given a name plus a 3 digit code. Officially there are 44 colors in the ANA standard. However, only about 26 find wide spread use in WWII Navy, Army and Marine Corps aircraft and nearly all have a matte (flat) finish with the 3 digit number beginning with "6".

The 6 ANA colors chosen for set 10604 (which will be Set # 1 for ANA WWII Colors) were matched to color chips found in the "The Official Monogram of US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide" first published in 1989 by Monogram Aviation Publications). U.S. Army bombers used many of the same colors for interior and exterior application. The colors were picked as they appear to have the most wide spread use for a lot of U.S. WWII aircraft, both land and aircraft carrier based.

NOTE that some of the RAF colors with the SAME NAME as the ANA colors used in WWII do NOT match the color chips used by the U.S. We have the RAF color chip set and this observation was confirmed by Rowan Baylis of the UK. More often than not the RAF colors are lighter than the U.S. counterpart.

Trust this helps and explains enough about the ANA set. Let us know if more info is needed and we will try to help.

Martin Cohen, PhD
Tru-Color Paint