Belugawhaleman Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 what tamiya paint comes closest to the green and light blue used on ww2 Soviet aircraft. I'm planning a I-153 (Icm 1/32) build. thanks Paul. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Griewski Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 VVS colors cause much errr ... discussion. I used Vallejo Model Air colors. I recommend going to the Vallejo website or Sprue Brothers and looking at the contents of a Russian colors set from WW2. IIRC there are three of them from different time frames. All the relevant colors for a time frame are listed. IIRC the I-153 color schemes are shown. The interior colors are part of the set. I picked the colors I needed. The sets are nice though. HTH Rick Belugawhaleman, mpk and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Belugawhaleman said: what tamiya paint comes closest to the green and light blue used on ww2 Soviet aircraft. I'm planning a I-153 (Icm 1/32) build. thanks Paul. None as far as I am concerned Gazzas and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawhaleman Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, MARU5137 said: Aircraft Colors and Camouflage, Soviet/Russian Air Force and Navy (Modern) - Resources - The World Wars http://www.theworldwars.net/resources/resource.php?r=camo_vvsmod#colors please be patient and scroll downwards to see the table of colors for Russian aircrafts etc. Thanks. 8 minutes ago, MARU5137 said: lot of reading to do!! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 This has been of great use to me. Colour mixing guide. Granger Davis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, mpk said: This has been of great use to me. Colour mixing guide. Great find, Dale! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Also, ipms stockholm has a pretty good paint cross reference, though I cant find the link at the moment. LSP_K2, MikeMaben and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 21 minutes ago, Gazzas said: Great find, Dale! I used it when weathering my Ki-61. There were no washes on that build. It was all chalk and mixing using this chart. Belugawhaleman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 45 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: Also, ipms stockholm has a pretty good paint cross reference, though I cant find the link at the moment. My old links don't work either. New : https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/urbans-color-reference-charts-part-i/ Belugawhaleman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmsman Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 18 hours ago, Belugawhaleman said: what tamiya paint comes closest to the green and light blue used on ww2 Soviet aircraft. I'm planning a I-153 (Icm 1/32) build. Can't tell about Tamiya paints, but below couple of suitable options. These colors are referred as A II G (light blue, G is not "green" but "goluboy" meaning blue in Russian)and A II Z - green ("zelyonyi" - green in Russian) Green: https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/mrp023xxx.htm Light Blue: https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/mrp024xxx.htm Akan makes the same colors but they're only imported by Lindenhill imports and half of them is out of stock at the moment (do not buy acrylics, they're horrible). Green: https://www.lindenhillimports.com/store/p255/AKAN63018.html#/ Light Blue: https://www.lindenhillimports.com/store/p441/AKAN63042.html#/ Belugawhaleman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawhaleman Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thanks, all, for your replies. The links provided have given me a wealth of information. I'm not familiar with the Akan paint range. I am returning to the hobby after a 20 year dormancy, and, as with Rip van Winkle, I'm discovering a whole new world. So far, I've made a few new armor kits on my return and my efforts have been presented on another forum. I see a lot of new aircraft kits out there I would like to build. I picked up an ICM I-153 kit in 1/32 scale and I'm looking forward to building it. When I was building models in the 1980's the idea of building a kit from Ukraine was out of the question. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I've seen guys use XF-67 for the green and XF-23 for the underside blue, but I think the green is a bit off. I'd brighten it up a bit to use it with maybe some XF-4 Yellow Green. Matt Belugawhaleman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawhaleman Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 I looked at the instructions for the ICM I-153 and they call out Model Master field green which matches fs 34097. Tamiya Olive green also is said to match fs 34097. I think it looks ok. Tamiya Xf-23 seems a little to pale compared to the blue. Perhaps adding a little Tamiya flat blue to it will work. Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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