This one is irking me a lot, currently back at building and am taking on a mini group build with my girlfriend and her relative (he is 12 and loving it) I got them both (their first models ever 
) and myself a mig-15bis from hobbyboss in 1/72 scale. We've done what I want to call a marathon build in a sprint amount of time and have come down to the painting aspect where I am currently stuck....I'd love to do a camoflauged Mig-15bis but any information and photos of these aircraft are few and far between, the original pilot I had planned on doing, Galyshevsky's Mig-15bis night fighter I've learned the profile is incorrect and that he never flew this aircraft. There are photos that show the bottom of the aircraft was never black.
Photo here:
I have an actual photo of him sitting in "546" but members on a Russian forum were sure it was a Propoganda aircraft and that about 20 pilots photoed in it never his real mount. You can also see in the photo that the aircraft looks more like natural metal with a possible green mottle.
So that left me searching for more, where I found two options, one that is Capt. Zameskin and Red 263 (he provided the photos to the publication and sites where I was searching and I'm assuming helped the author of the Soviet Mig-15 Aces of the Korean War book by Krlyov and Tepsuraekav make the side profile, as he is credited along with other pilots that flew during this time in the publication.
This is where my first question comes in (if you've been following till now hehe Is there any profile showing the full camo scheme for his aircraft?
The positive is that the pictures reveal that the plane is in camo, but no total profile, photos below:
The profiles found are:
Or
Zameskins second mig-15bis below
The other pilot was Maj. Fedorets, there are a lot of good profile options for him...but no photograph....
The second question is, if any members are aware of any period photographs with the Major and his aircraft (I know how hard to impossible this is to find as the Soviet involvement was secret and photos weren't encouraged).
Third question, just looking for everyones opinion so far, do one of the camo Mig-15bis or just play it "safe" and go for the red nose on Silver mounts like Pepelyaev's Red 325?
I'm so far torn and looking for some good advice Thanks all
) and myself a mig-15bis from hobbyboss in 1/72 scale. We've done what I want to call a marathon build in a sprint amount of time and have come down to the painting aspect where I am currently stuck....I'd love to do a camoflauged Mig-15bis but any information and photos of these aircraft are few and far between, the original pilot I had planned on doing, Galyshevsky's Mig-15bis night fighter I've learned the profile is incorrect and that he never flew this aircraft. There are photos that show the bottom of the aircraft was never black.Photo here:
I have an actual photo of him sitting in "546" but members on a Russian forum were sure it was a Propoganda aircraft and that about 20 pilots photoed in it never his real mount. You can also see in the photo that the aircraft looks more like natural metal with a possible green mottle.
So that left me searching for more, where I found two options, one that is Capt. Zameskin and Red 263 (he provided the photos to the publication and sites where I was searching and I'm assuming helped the author of the Soviet Mig-15 Aces of the Korean War book by Krlyov and Tepsuraekav make the side profile, as he is credited along with other pilots that flew during this time in the publication.
This is where my first question comes in (if you've been following till now hehe
Is there any profile showing the full camo scheme for his aircraft?The positive is that the pictures reveal that the plane is in camo, but no total profile, photos below:
The profiles found are:
Or
Zameskins second mig-15bis below
The other pilot was Maj. Fedorets, there are a lot of good profile options for him...but no photograph....
The second question is, if any members are aware of any period photographs with the Major and his aircraft (I know how hard to impossible this is to find as the Soviet involvement was secret and photos weren't encouraged).
Third question, just looking for everyones opinion so far, do one of the camo Mig-15bis or just play it "safe" and go for the red nose on Silver mounts
like Pepelyaev's Red 325?I'm so far torn and looking for some good advice
Thanks all
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