Evil_Toast_RSA Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Simple question I hope for the Fishbed fans. Want to do a 24 Squadron bis, in the Dk Green/Dk Brown/Tan over Grey (??) scheme I found on the web (here). Unfortunately I cannot find what colour would be appropriate for those machines (IPMS Stockholm and The World Wars.net). Did the IAF use Soviet paints, their own, BS381c? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Nice scheme! Quite sure IAF fainted those jets, and used Indian/ RAF colors... Search for photos and eyeball the rest! Sure they faded and detoriated quickly also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 I've managed to stumble on something from many years ago on BM, basically they were supplied by the USSR in their paint, and they were repainted at the squadron level by whatever they could lay their hands on available locally. So have some scope to be slightly creative I think, a quick rummage through my paint drawer of mystery yielded VMC 70.913 (Yellow Ochre), 70.872 (Chocolate Brown), 70.979 (German Camo Dark Green) and VMA 71.257 (RLM 76). Might swap the RLM 76 out for a light grey, or something else, possibly, FS35237? Hoping to get some confirmation to be honest, there's not much out there besides what Eduard put in their instructions, and they suggest RAF WW2 Interior Grey Green for the underside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Here is the photo this artwork seems to be based on http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/Aircraft/Current/Fighters/MiG21Bis/MiG-21q1.jpg.html Grey green seems strange indeed, some blue grey is more likely.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Here us s build on a Czech forum, colors look quite good to me... https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=90481&sid=34377d457cc49654968c561e9e8fa690&start=15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Thanks! That Sand/Tan/?? colour is driving me nuts trying to match.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I understand... The yellow in the Hawks emblem is a good reference.. The camo yellow/ sand is definitely more brown..it is in the same lighting conditions... Take care though, the ohitis is taken un very bright sunlight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Looking at what's available locally, think this might be close to the sand colour? Then VMA 71.332 for the underside, VMC 70.979 for the dark green and VMC 70.872 for the dark brown patch around the cockpit, maybe with some dark grey added 🤔. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Hard to tell but if you can mix it to what you want.. a flesh color could also result in dessert pink.. . I think it is more yellow and light brown in tone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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