Hi all, am getting a little frustrated with getting the right tint for the “Soviet Aircraft cockpit interior green“ for my Bear and other planes lining up to be painted.
I use Tamiya acrylics and I’ve tried mixing XF-5 Green and XF-4 Blue, but the results after a few attempts is only close to what I would describe as US interior green for WWII USAAF bombers and fighters.
So am grateful for the best recipe of using Tamiya Acrylics to get to the Soviet interior cockpit green for the cold war era.
It’s not available any more, but I use Testors Soviet Interior Blue/Green, and I can tell you it tends way more toward the blues than green. And it matches very well to some cockpit decals I have for the Trumpeter Mi-17.
Mixing colors can be tricky - they don’t always do what we think they’ll do. Instead of green and blue perhaps you can try blue and white with just a touch of yellow.
For the Bear, this photo shows a green similar to yours for the fuselage walls, and the more bluish color for the instrument panels:
For the fuselage color, I’d simply add a little yellow and I think you’d be just about right.
There is always this:
Which I erroneously bought thinking it would suffice for Soviet NBC kit. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t.
And for the interior green(aircraft and some vehicles-like MAZ 543) you can use H-46 Gloss Emerald Green from Gunze Sangyo/Mr.Hobby
Cheers,
Angel
Screens vary, but that doesn’t come close t shots I took at Bagram.
The Mr. Color looks very close.
I had a bottle of it myself (the AMMO one) and I thought it was quite accurate- not as green as it appears in that pic. If I still have it I will pour some out on a bit of paper and take a pic.
Thanks all for your prompt replies, will try out and see if I can get the desired result.
I like to use Revells 365 Patina Green, which is also available in their acrylic aqua range. Not sure about the availability in your part of the world though.
Used it here to the instrument panel on a Mil-2. It’s probably a bit greener than others, but it works for me.
Just what I’m looking for, thanks alot Ryan.
Yeah Stephen, this shade of green looks very close to what I want to achieve, but without success so far using Tamiya acrylics, and you’re right in saying Revell colours are not available around here.
It’s a tricky one isn’t it.
It’s been a long time since I’ve used Tamiya, so I’m not sure what colours would work to mix. Going to be a lot of trial and error till you get something that works.
Please post a mix if you find one that works.
