Model Forum / General / Models / October 2005

The grey scheme is correct.....

There is a colour profile in the centre spread of the Russian mag 'Mir
Aviatsiya' - No 3/99.

This shows a Tu-16K-26 Bort number 'Red 08' in a grey-and-white scheme
from the 1st sqn of the 99th Guards Independent recon Regt based at
Priozyorsk (Sary-Shagan) AB, Kazakhstan, late  1980's

It has a Guards badge, small red mission stars and logo on the port nose
- with a crocodile on the stbd nose.

The accompanying text says..... "The aircraft is painted in one of the
standard colours developed for the Tu-16. The upper surfaces are light
bluish grey; the fuselage sides and undersurfaces are greyish white".....

There is a colour side profile of the same a/c on page 57, a colour
three-view of a different a/c on page 69 plus some colour & B&W photos
of grey/white Badgers in Airtime's 'Tuploev Bombers'

So I would go with a light blue-grey - but I can't offer any further
advice - its a matter of mixing and testing.

Hope this helps...

Ken