I think that the dark shade is good for a prewar I-16 with Russian colors.
Hi Massimo, pre war green yes , but wich one?
There have been two...
before 1937 there was a green who was according to Konstantin very dark , like the RLM 83.
It's the color I used for the I-15 I did , and for the I-16 I'm doing...
according to Orlov and Vakhlamov article in mister hobby wroten in 2006, ther was a new circular (?) in febrery of 1937 (No.133580c ) signed by general Alexandrov about "general paints for aircraft" destinated to all VVS plane factory.
in this circular, they speak about green and aluminium colors.
so it is a new green, the AIIz and I imagine the A-19f for metal parts...
the changement were not apply at once, but more in 1938....
the AII green didn't change until 1941.
in 2013 turists found a I-16 near what was the north front:
this metal part has to be A-19f (the piece is wet, but we can see ? dry part)
but perhpas it is AMT-4
that's why I imagine the AII green more olive green and lighter akan did...
I did this I-15bis with AMT-4 akan, and I'm quite satisfied with the result
I'm doing another Chinese I-16 type 10, and I wanted to show the diference between the two green, but My choise is not done,
and may be misos and Massimo you are right...
I have to do more tests
Xan