HGE Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I've found where Testors makes some paints for Soviet Aircraft. Example, TS2135 Interiou blue/green... TS2123 Underside Blue etc.etc.... Think these paints are close enough or would mixing my own be sufficent? ( for contest quality ) Thanks, Henry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 In my opinion.... The cockpit interior blue-green is great for aircraft needing that particular color. I also like the Flanker colors, and the light Fulcrum gray, although the darker Fulcrum color looks a bit light for my personal tastes... As for many of the more generic-sounding colors, I would encourage mixing and experimenting. There was no set shade for any given color type in the Soviet Union, so there was a LOT of variety as to the underside light colors, the browns, the greens, everything. Totally different from the tightly-regulated US standards. Just my opinion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 In my opinion.... There was no set shade for any given color type in the Soviet Union, so there was a LOT of variety as to the underside light colors, the browns, the greens, everything. Totally different from the tightly-regulated US standards. Just my opinion. You need to check out :- http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Mybook/bookaddendum.html and http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Research/index.php and that's just the Great Patriotic War (WWII to you and me!) It is a popular misconception that there was colour anarchy in the Soviet Union...... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 *grumbles* If there's ANYONE I will concede to in terms of Soviet aircraft, it is Ken! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yuri Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I've found where Testors makes some paints for Soviet Aircraft.Example, TS2135 Interiou blue/green... TS2123 Underside Blue etc.etc.... Think these paints are close enough or would mixing my own be sufficent? ( for contest quality ) Thanks, Henry I think that Testors cockpit blue/green (for planes such as MiG-21/25/31) and the Fulcrum colors are very nice. Can't tell about Flanker colors, but I trust Ken Duffey on these. Talking about the Fulcrum colors instead, Testors "Fulcrum Gray/Green" is a really good match for a freshly painted MiG-29, however this colors seems to fade to a more grayish hue rather quickly under operational conditions. The Fulcrum Gray is instead simply a semigloss FS-26440 (US Light Gull Gray), so it's widely available in any paint range. My 0.02 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flanker Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 My friend said (he live in Russia) that russian firm AKAN makes some very accurate paints. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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