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Another quick Zvezda diversion, a 1/144 LaGG 3, Pre-war colours to match the red leather outfits and the pointy hats with red stars on them. They were hastily scrubbed over with green paint at oubreak of war in 1941. The cowling, air intake, cockpit frame and stabilisers were in red brown undercoat (957 Flat Red), fuselage and wings are silver grey (989 Sky Gey). Elevators in bare metal (997 Silver) and rudder in red (817 Scarlet). I like the flat metal plates on the fuselage to stop the exhausts from setting fire to the pilot.
The LaGG 3 was a bit of a dog, so probably a good job that Lavochkin ditched his co-designers at this point.
Love this paint scheme!! Reminds me of an aerial acrobatics team livery!
ReplyDeleteYes, just like a 1930s race plane.
ReplyDeleteVery nice paint scheme! I'm afraid mine are in boring camouflage.
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin, I'm on the look out for other smart Soviet schemes. They do like to use red quite a lot for some strange reason!
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