Hi guys, thanks for watching.
I tried to make a start on the upper camo today. First off was the diagonal stripe on the tail, the colour of which Massimo Tessitori speculates could be red, blue, or even orange (see here:
Il-2M3 (two-seater, arrow wing)). The decal sheet provided with the kit has yellow stripes but I decided to go with orange per the profile by Massimo as it's not often we get to use that colour. So I went ahead and mixed up some yellow and red and splashed it onto the fin.
Now, here's where I ran into challenges. I'm trying to mix up some Tamiya paints to come up with the AMT-1 sandy grey colour. There is only one mix I found on the net (XF59:6 + XF64:2 + XF2:1) but that turns out way too yellowy brown. I'm trying to get the light colour in the below profile which, according to
this discussion. would be something close to FS26306. However, after three tries, I've not yet managed to get something close.
I will keep trying and will report back when I get there but, in the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions, Id be happy to hear.