Hi All,
I'm getting on to painting the missiles for my Su-27 diorama and have a few questions. I have 4 x R-27 (2 with rounded heads and 2 with pointed heads), and 2 x R73.
I'm depicting an alert aircraft, and the missiles look like this:
Unfortunately, I am using the missiles from the ICM kit which have no painting or decaling instructions. I have some missile decals from the Trumpeter for the R27s, but they look like this:
Am I right in thinking that the black and white stripes depict training rounds? Would on-alert aircraft have carried missiles painted like this? Based on photos, I am using a dark metallic colour on the missile fins, and a buff colour on the seeker heads. The decals I have (from the Trumpeter Flanker C kit) may be appropriate for the R73s - if anyone could advise I would be grateful!
Are there any appropriate 1/72 decals for the R27 missiles, say with the Trumpeter Flanker B kit? If I can't track any down I'm going to make some of my own for the R27s based on this:
Unfortunately only 1:48 available....
Any advice appreciated!
Cheers,
James