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All the early series production MiG-1s and MiG-3s were painted with:
This scheme was common for MiG-1s and early MiG-3s, till the war
outbreak.
The metal surfaces (aft fuselage, horizontal tail surfaces, central
wing plan) appear lighter and worner than the wooden surfaces (rear fuselage,
outer wing panels); this is well visible on nearly all German photos (forthemost
representing aircraft captured or wrecked during the first days of war),
but not on Soviet photos (few of which represent this scheme, and they
show forthemost new aircraft from the factory).
The difference between green shades on wooden and metallic surfaces
is very marked in aircrafts abandoned for a long time. It was probably
due to different painting techniques on separed sub-assemblies before the
final assembly, that led paint on metal parts to fade quickly if exposed
to the sunlight.
The green/blue demarcation line was sharp on the nose and metallic
parts of the wing and tail, while it was soft on wooden parts; besides,
wooden and metallic parts were painted before the final assembling, and
this can be understood because demarcation lines are often discontinued
on junctions.
This way to paint MiG-3s was abandoned more or less contemporarily
to the war outbreak, and to the introduction of late type MiG-3.
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