Indeed, it was quite unexpected to find that color right from the beginning of the first video. It could have been the flight leader aircraft, these usually get a special paint job.
Also, it would appear that the stars are equal in size/ shape/ border thickness in all positions, and that there were NO stars on the upper surfaces of the wings - not even on the Blue plane.
By the way, uncovered this:
http://aerobaticteams.net/soviet-aerobatic-teams.html . No mention of special color in the MiG-15 team, but:
"...These included Yak-15s, MiG-15s and MiG-21s, with red-painted upper-surfaces and unpainted bottom-surfaces in natural aluminum, along with MiG-17s and MiG-19s painted with blue or grey at the bottom...."
This is a bit perplexing, as by what i was able to discern on the videos (especially the 2nd one, black&white), as well as in the pictures, the undersides do not appear to have the various shadings usually associated with NMF aircraft, rather appear painted silver/ aluminum, with only the air brakes being a bit darker. Oh and as i see it, NMF are too shiny, almost mirror like, these appear too 'flat' - as seen on the first scene of the first video, with the pilots talking besides
211 (the blue plane)
Interesting, dark blue is more surprisingly and rare for a Soviet plane.
Regards
Massimo
I choose the dark blue one.
Yep, i'm getting more and more attracted to that one; question now of course is what would be a good match to that blue paint. Any suggestions?
Also, even though artistically painting my model with various shades of metallic colors would be pleasing to the eye, i'd very much like to make it as faithful to the original as i can. So, will i be wrong going with NMF and effects, or should i spray silver/ aluminum and be done with it?
Oh and goes without saying that this:
http://www.rlm.at/cont/gal01_e.htm , while surely is an eye candy, i can't believe would be real - i mean, come on, when was the last time you saw faded/ chipped paint on a Red Arrows, Blue Angels, or Russian Knights plane?!