Should I paint red stars over green/black camouflage or red first and the camo second?

[Richard502]

Am ICM LaGG3 is ready for painting. The kit decals did not look promising, so I bought a Montex Masks set. If the camouflage (AMT-4 green and AMT-6 black over AMT-7 light blue) is sprayed first, will red be strong enough to cover these colors, or should red (for the stars) go first, the camouflage colors to follow?
Richard

[Sturmovik]

I'd say paint the camouflage, add the masks, spray some white as a primer, and then the red.

Edited August 2, 2019 by Sturmovik

[spitfire]

Either way will work, airbrush the red then apply the masks and then the camouflage, for my MiG 3 I did the camouflage first and then the red stars, using Montex masks and enamel paint.

But I would probably do it the other way around now.

More info here

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/54562-trumpeter-mig-3-build-back-to-plastic/

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Id do it red first or it will change the tone of the red being over a darker color. 

 

Edited August 2, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[Antti_K]

Hello Richard,

 

remember to use very bright red; something like Humbrol 60. Just a couple of days ago I visited a museum here in Finland where they display a Soviet P-39Q Airacobra and a shot down MiG-3. Both aircraft carry their original paintwork. The red used in the red stars is a bright red (almost like dark orange).

 

Here is a close-up of the Airacobra:

 

Kind Regards,

Antti

[Richard502]

Thank you for sharing your experiences, especially the Mig-3 thread and the photos from the museum in Finland, gentlemen! So red first it will be (Xtracolor RLM 23, they must have bought a can or two just before June 22, 1941; maybe a teeny bit of yellow to brighten it up?) , and then WEM AMT-4 and -7, with WEM US Navy Dark Gray for the black.

Richard

P.S.: nice shot of that hellcat taking a timeout on the Hellcat-box.