Early War Soviet Paint Suggestions

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Hey everyone,

I’ve almost finished some projects (finally) and I’ve started looking at my next one. I have a 1/48 weekend edition Eduard Ratta, and despite all of my internet scavenging, I haven’t found even an APPROXIMATE conversion from whatever paint Eduard uses to Tamiya. A mix is fine, straight from the bottle is even better. I have no intention of ever building another Soviet kit, so I don’t need it to be a perfect match to anything. Does anyone have any suggestions? Just for that early war light blue underside and also early war upper surface green.

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(it’s this kit by the way)

-TheWaggishAmerican

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You want the most accurate Russian early WW2 colors? Look no further than here:

www.lindenhill.com

You‘re not going to find anything very close to this paint line. The owner is Russian and knows his stuff when it come to true colors of Russian aircrafts and armor. I have a couple colors and they’re spot on.

Oh yeah, his business is in the states.

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Any other source? that link deadends

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Google is your friend

https://www.lindenhillimports.com/

I have heard good things about AKAN paints

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Well crap! I forgot to add the “imports“ to the link… LOL!