which cockpit color is correct?

[pepto]

most pictures of the mig-21 that i've seen use the lighter greenish blue paint while only a few have the more solid blue paint, but that paint scheme is much brighter than the one in the sim

 

i haven't seen the darker blue paint that we get by default, does it just depend on the country using it? or maybe the manufacturer or time period (or model seeing as some of these might not be BIS models)? my question is which one would be the "standard" color for the bis cockpit :huh:

[mvsgas]

I bet all of the above, meaning to many versions of the subversion to tell. My guess the cockpit in DCS matches what ever specific MIG-21 the use to model it after.

Edited August 15, 2016 by mvsgas

[Retu81]

Different cameras also produce different results. Depending on how the white balance is set, the green cockpit may look blue in other lighting conditions.

[cro_mig_21]

In croatian airforce we had the blue one just like the one LNS choose, we had turquoise, mint green, standard green and even grey ones..I am not home right now to show you photos...anyhow..here is a link for the download of varipus cockpit mods with different colors and annunciator lights..some things I modified from other mods by other modders but more of the things I made myself...the ASP wall is custom at the moment, you can download various mods to replace it. The mods are JSGME ready.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9rGIp2qyY8pNnQtakJoMU1IaWc/view?usp=drivesdk

And here are some screens...

[cro_mig_21]

It really all comes down to indovidual machines...some are makeshift field improvizations, sometimes after an overhaul the cockpit is painted in the most similar color available to the original etc..I was serving in the Croatian air force and I can tell you, there are quite some variations of the cockpit color..no real standardizations

[pepto]

very interesting, thank you for sharing! i guess it really is just a mixed bag, huh? :P

[portman]

....sometimes after an overhaul the cockpit is painted in the most similar color available to the original etc...

It's been like that in East Germany as well. All the MiGs went to Dresden for their overhauls and came back painted in the colours which were currently available. In some cockpits over here (in museums of course) you can still see that the "old paint" becomes visible again where the "new paint" was not that durable :D, so you might have two different greens in one cockpit.