AMMO Cold War Soviet Fighters-Bombers Paint Set Vol.2 (A.MIG-7239)

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Cold War Soviet Fighters-Bombers Paint Set Vol.2 (A.MIG-7239)

AMMO of Mig Jiménez

 

 

This six-paint set arrives in a cardboard box with a new more recycling-friendly card inner tray with some colour use suggestions on the rear in the form of three-view profiles of the aircraft.  Inside are six bottles of various green and brown camo shades in different stages of separation.  Each bottle contains 17ml of paint that is dispensed by a dropper that is found under the yellow screw-top cap.  Inside each bottle is a little stirring ball that rattles when agitated.  AMMO paints separate quite readily, so having a metal ball in the bottle makes mixing them a lot quicker and easier.  We’re all familiar with the quality of AMMO paints by now, and they have a pretty good reputation amongst us modellers, and dry a little slower than some of the competition, which can be of benefit when airbrushing or hand painting details.

 

This is the second set in the series, although we've not yet reviewed that one, you can get it here to complement this set. The colours in the box are as follows:

 

A.MIG-0051 Medium Light Green

A.MIG-0058 Light Green Khaki

A.MIG-0063 Pale Grey (RLM76)

A.MIG-0076 Brown Soil

A.MIG-0135 Burnt Cinnamon

A.MIG-0206 FS34079/BS641 (RLM81)

 

 

The bottles all look rather similar when they have been allowed to separate in their carton thanks to gravity, but once agitated the differences become apparent.  You may want to pick up, or already have white or dark grey/black to modulate the other shades to depict fading, or to create a darker shade to paint a base onto which the pure and lightened colours can be applied.  There are many, many Soviet Cold War era aircraft models out there in every scale, so whether you’re a first-time modeller in this category or not, the colours will come in very useful to simplify the painting process, especially the choosing of shades.  One addition that would have been useful would have been the actual Soviet paint codes or names to simplify the process further.

 

 

You may have noticed in the photo above that someone at AMMO has inadvertently labelled the Su-25 Frogfoot as a Mig-25.  They won’t live that one down in the hurry!

 

Conclusion

If you want to create a realistically painted Cold War Soviet fighter or bomber, this set and its stablemate Volume 1 are going to be very useful to take away any guesswork when it comes time for paint.

 

 

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