SU-27 Engine Help Please??????

Thundergrunt,

I have an Su-27 work in progress and I have a Concord Publications book on the -27 which dates back to the early '90s and instead of orange I'm seeing parts of the engine that look brassy in color.  My plan for the engines is to paint them black/steel and then drybrush with brass on certain parts.  I haven't figured out what I'm doing to replicate the blueish sections though.

Dave

Don't know if you're hand-brushing or airbrushing, but if you're airbrushing, straight Tamiya Clear Blue is a little too strong.

Try cutting it with Clear or Smoke (starting with the clear/smoke and adding the blue) and then thin and airbrush. Experiment a little off the model until you get the efffect you want.

Another option you might consider is Tamiya's Weathering Master set "D", which contains "Burnt Blue" and "Burnt Red" weathering colours. (Tamiya's weathering sets aren't actually powders/pigments. They are more a paste-like hybrid with a waxy carrier.)