"Soviet Switch Date - Aluminum to Lt. Gray Camo?" Topic
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| Mako11 | 01 Sep 2016 10:21 p.m. PST |
Anyone know approximately when the Soviets switched from natural aluminum for their jets to light gray paint? I've got some new Tu-128 Fiddlers to paint up, and not sure which scheme I want to use. |
| Vostok17 | 02 Sep 2016 10:08 p.m. PST |
Hello, Mako11!
As far as I remember, specifically those planes never repainted. So you can safely take nauralny aluminum. |
| Mako11 | 03 Sep 2016 1:01 a.m. PST |
Thank you. Was looking on-line at photos, and camo. prints of them, and that does seem to be the case. Same apparently goes for the Su-15s, and at least some of the Mig-25 Foxbats as well. |
| Vostok17 | 03 Sep 2016 3:11 a.m. PST |
Hello,Mako11! Camouflage on interceptors applied rarely (only some sort of camouflaged MiG-25, and even then there were some). Basically – natural aluminum, coated with a special varnish. Radio-transparent psrts fuselage painted mainly in green color.
Drawings on the aircraft were not welcomed (although sometimes applied, mostly satirical).
By the way, here is a site dedicated to the Tu-128 tu-128.ru |
| Mako11 | 03 Sep 2016 9:30 p.m. PST |
Thank you for the info, and the link. I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Rob |
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