About this paint guide

Based on the original Bandai July 2019 GSC15 Flying Model instruction set, matched to this kit using its printed identifiers and product barcode. The source photographs show a painted model. The reference link opens the instruction scans hosted by Dalong.

23 color recipes, including 15 mixtures, summarize the finish shown in the original instructions.

Bandai recommends water-based paint. These instructions name colors without numerical paint codes or a specified paint brand or range. Any suggested shop paint is an approximation to review, rather than a manufacturer-specified coded match.

Unresolved blue ingredient

The original English Bright blue is paired with Japanese インディブルー (Indy blue), without a paint code. No defensible water-based Indy Blue hue/formulation is established; Deep Sky Blue is not offered as an equivalent. The Emperor penguin recipe retains Bright blue 65% + White 35%, with Bright blue kept as a disabled source reference. This formula has an unresolved ingredient.

Unresolved lamp color

Lamps: the source disagrees with itself about one 10% ingredient. Its English line says Field gray; its Japanese line says ダークグレー (Dark gray). Both readings are retained below and the disputed ingredient has no selected paint match.

Mixing and coverage

Use the percentages as color-mixing proportions. Where the source adds a small amount or a very small amount, it gives no numerical quantity for that addition. Keep that addition separate from the stated percentages.

The instructions give color recipes and part locations, but no primer, clear-coat, thinning, coat-count, weathering or paint-layering schedule.

This is the complete printed recipe list. Decorative stickers and assembly colors do not create extra paint recipes, and the instructions do not give a separate recipe for every visible surface.

There are no separate recipe rows for the wings, tail, main white sail, clear wave effects or display stands. The Sunny face, hand and mane recipes remain in the guide even though the penguin mask covers the lion face in the completed Flying Model.

Materials and construction

All nine runners, A, B, C, D, E1, E2, F1, F2 and BA-0, are marked PS (polystyrene). This includes the clear wave pieces and flight-stand parts.

The assembly diagrams show the molded parts fitting together and do not specify a glue step. Follow the kit instructions for fit and sticker placement.

Stickers and markings

Sticker sheets A and B provide the Straw Hat sail and flag emblems, rear-sail stripes and smaller ship details. The instruction numbers identify stickers and parts, not paint codes. Remaining stickers may be used as desired.

Display choices

Choose a waterline display with the six wave pieces, the included pedestal, or the included adjustable flight stand. The instructions also show compatibility with separately sold Action Base 2 and Action Base 5 supports. The Flying Model includes the penguin mask, wings, feet and tail.

Figures

Monkey D. Luffy is illustrated for reference and is not included. There is no figure-painting recipe.

The original prints no numerical paint codes and names no commercial paint family. It recommends water-based paint. The store products below are approximate candidates, not manufacturer-specified paints or physically verified matches.

Complete original painting recipes

23 printed roles use 23 distinct named ingredients. 15 roles use mixtures. Original ratios are preserved as source facts; using these different products is a trial mixture, not a validated substitute formula. Test and adjust a small dried sample before painting the kit. Unquantified additions remain unquantified.

1. Emperor penguin / Blue part: Bright blue 65% + White 35%. Bright blue is the printed English name. The same source line uses インディブルー (Indy blue) in Japanese; it supplies no numerical paint code.
2. Emperor penguin / Light blue part: White 75% + Violet 25% + Light blue small dose (unquantified). White 75% and Violet 25% form the stated mix, with an additional small dose of Light blue that has no numerical amount.
3. Emperor penguin / Beak / Legs / Crown yellow part: Yellow 70% + Cream yellow 30%.
4. Emperor penguin / Crown red part: Red madder 100%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Red madder remains without a selected store match.
5. Feather mounting bracket / Gray part: Gray 70% + White 30%.
6. Bow / Gold part: Gold 100%.
7. Hull / Brown part: Wood brown 100%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Wood brown remains without a selected store match.
8. Hull / Round roof red part: Wine red 100%.
9. Deck: Sail color 80% + Middle stone 20%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Sail color remains without a selected store match.
10. Deck / Orange tree green part: Yellow green 100%.
11. Hull / White part: White 90% + Gray 10%.
12. Mast / Rear engine: Mahogany 50% + Wood brown 50%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Wood brown remains without a selected store match.
13. Lamps: Purple 40% + Cobalt blue 40% + Field gray 10% + White 10%. The source prints Purple 40% + Cobalt blue 40% + White 10%, with the remaining 10% labeled Field gray in English and ダークグレー (Dark gray) in Japanese. That disputed component remains unresolved and has no selected paint match. Candidate recipe incomplete: Cobalt blue, Field gray remains without a selected store match.
14. Flag / Black part: Black 100%.
15. Rear sail / Bright part: Wine red 80% + White 20%.
16. Rear sail / Dark part: Red brown 100%.
17. Square roof: Pink 70% + Orange 20% + White 10%.
18. Round roof / Yellow part: Yellow 90% + White 10%.
19. House wall: White 80% + Yellow 20%.
20. Windows: Light blue 80% + White 20%.
21. Sunny Face / Hands: Yellow 80% + White 20%.
22. Sunny Mane: Orange 85% + White 15%.
23. Hull / metal black part: Metal black 100%. Metal black is the printed English name for 黒鉄色. The instructions do not assign a numerical code or named paint family. Candidate recipe incomplete: Metal black remains without a selected store match.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

16 mapped purchase cards and 7 disabled source references cover the 23 names below. The mapped cards represent 16 distinct paint variants, including any currently unavailable items. Source-role counts are not quantities to buy. Every candidate and optional supply starts unchecked.

1. Bright blue / Indy blue. No water-based match chosen. The original English Bright blue is paired with Japanese インディブルー (Indy blue), without a paint code. No defensible water-based Indy Blue hue/formulation is established; Deep Sky Blue is not offered as an equivalent.
2. White. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic White AK11001. Named white color candidate; matte finish belongs to the offered AK paint and is not asserted as a printed source requirement. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
3. Violet. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Violet AK11072. Deep Violet is an optional violet candidate; separate product from Purple. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
4. Light blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Sky Blue AK11175. Sky Blue is a light-blue candidate. The separately named Bright blue / Indy blue ingredient remains unresolved. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
5. Yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Yellow AK11044. Named Yellow standard opaque candidate; separate from Cream yellow and Orange yellow. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
6. Cream yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Pastel Yellow AK11037. Pastel Yellow is an optional pale warm-yellow approximation to the unnamed Cream yellow ingredient. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
7. Red madder. No water-based match is offered for Red madder. It is a distinct original ingredient from Wine red; do not treat the two as interchangeable.
8. Gray. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Neutral Grey AK11018. Neutral Grey is an optional neutral-gray candidate; it does not resolve or replace the different Field gray/Dark gray lamp ingredient. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
9. Gold. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Gold AK11191. Gold is identified in the manufacturer metallic series and is an approximate gold-effect candidate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: metallic.
10. Wood brown. No water-based match is offered for Wood brown. Keep it distinct from the separately named Mahogany and Red brown.
11. Wine red. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Wine Red AK11096. Same descriptive Wine Red name supports a hue-family candidate, not an exact formulation or manufacturer crosswalk. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
12. Sail color. No water-based match is offered for Sail color. Keep this original ingredient distinct from White, Cream yellow and Wood brown.
13. Middle stone. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Middle Stone AK11124. Same descriptive Middle Stone name supports an approximate candidate; no original manufacturer standard is claimed. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
14. Yellow green. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Interior Yellow Green AK11138. Interior Yellow Green is the manufacturer yellow-green candidate; the source does not prescribe an aircraft-interior standard. Kept distinct from Lime green. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
15. Mahogany. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Mahogany Brown AK11106. Mahogany Brown is a named reddish wood-brown candidate; original formula unknown. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
16. Purple. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Purple AK11073. Purple is a standard opaque purple candidate, separate from Deep Violet. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
17. Cobalt blue. No suitable cobalt-blue candidate has been chosen. The similarly named metallic store paint would add an effect the original ingredient does not specify.
18. Field gray. The Lamps recipe prints Field gray 10% in English and ダークグレー (Dark gray) in Japanese. The discrepancy remains unresolved; no paint match is offered.
19. Black. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Black AK11029. Named black color candidate; matte finish belongs to the offered AK paint and is not asserted as a printed source requirement. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
20. Red brown. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Red Brown AK11434. Red Brown is a named reddish-brown candidate; original formula and finish are unspecified. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
21. Pink. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Pastel Pink AK11059. Pastel Pink is an optional pale-pink approximation; original pigment strength is unknown. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
22. Orange. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Medium Orange AK11078. Medium Orange is a standard opaque orange candidate, distinct from Orange yellow. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
23. Metal black. No water-based match is offered for Metal black. Ordinary Black does not identify the same metal effect; no substitute has been chosen.

Digital color squares are browsing aids. They do not establish a dried-paint match, pigment strength, sheen, metallic reflection or a successful mixture. Compare dried samples with the original painted example.

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