Good job with the interiors, Remco.
I would suggest the use of oil paints for washs and filters. They are very easy to use and their long drying time allows corrections. If thinned with Humbrol Enamel Thinner you can achieve very subtle effects due to its capillar distribution in every recess. They can also be used to reproduce wood by simply exploiting the stains that the brush Leaves. See the picture of my Pfalz D.IIIa:
http://www.sitohd.com/otto/foto/230978.jpgRegarding the MiG-3 colors it seems to me that the data COMING FROM WARTIME PICTURES are:
- The frame pipes can be dark or light (some color pictures show them light blue).
- The seat armour is dark.
- The seat is light, as the cockpit floor (see here:
http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1601.0)
- The instrument panel can be light or dark.
- The inner side of the engine panels are the same color of the outer green upper surfaces.
Analysis of wrecks shows:
- Dark grey or black frame pipes.
- Steel back armour is bright green Painted what seems a black or dark grey primer.
- A black cover is fixed above the natural aluminium instrument plate. It seems that the cover can be removed without affecting the instruments fixing.
- The seat is a bright light green or natural aluminium. It seems to me unlikely that the bent seat is faded A-14: no scratches can be seen.
- According to witnesses, the inner side of the Finnish wreck are light blue.
- On the Finnish wreck the radio vane behind the pilot is natural wood. This is very srange because it means that the fuselage is painted after fixing the rear canopy or after masking the inside.
In my modest opinion I think that the inner colors could have different standards, possibly due to different sub-contractors. A picture of Yak-1 assembly line in the book "Colors of the Falcons" shows light and dark fuselage frames.