Just got an Airfix Stormovic, but I’m pretty sure the colours are wrong. They are listed as Humbrol 29 Dark Earth, 30 Dark Green and 23 Duck Egg Blue - basically, Battle of Britain RAF livery. Surely wrong???
Anyway, I know the blue for the undersurfaces, but has anyone any ideas for the top colours? There are no unit details, it is simply given as 1943 - it has a yellow rudder and 3 thin white fuselage bands. Any suggestions on these colours would be greatly appreciated, as the internet has gleaned no results so far.
Many thanks.
keith-a HI, I thought I had a pik of an IL2 that wasn’t winter washed but I haven’t been able to locate it. I think it was B&W any way. You might want to check out Testor’s Model-Master 2122 topside green 2123 underside blue and 2124 earth brown. www.squadron.com has color chips of the Testor and Humbrol and I think the Humbrol do look to RAF. Wish I could be more help. GOOD LUCK . Bob
hi keith a,
is this the original aifix kit, if it is take it outside and put it in the bin, there was never a il2 built that looked like that.
i suggest you buy one of the newer versions
john
The colours of soviet a/c in WW2 tended to be in whatever they were delivered in if Lend/Lease or the standard Temperate Dark Green/Dark Earth/Duck Egg whatever.
The quality of the paint was not good and tended to fade/peel/chip/stain very easily.
Unit markings were not usualy carried but some a/c carried patriotic slogans and/or dedications eg From the comrades of 301 plastic coat hanger factory!
If all else fails then paint it white! You wont be wrong there.
Dai
hi keith,
go here for true russian ww2 colours, great artical on il2 camouflage,
http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/
john
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Just grab a shade of olive or dark green and you can’t go wrong, since a great many of the Russian green colors were improvised at times.
hi keyworth.
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Just grab a shade of olive or dark green and you can’t go wrong, since a great many of the Russian green colors were improvised at times.
do you not read english?, go to the site i posted and you will learn that the russian aircraft industry was as good as the american, when it come to paint standards
john
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