Gazzas Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Hello campaigners! A couple days ago I applied the first coat of RLM 65. Today it was the turn of the RLM 02 and RLM 71. I know...yer sayin': "WTF! should be 75/75/76". Well.... the early ones came out just as the colors were changing. And supposedly they were painted at the unit level. So this leaves a window to use a different scheme than the other two 190's in my stash will receive. Nobody knows fer sure. The RLM 65 and 71 are MRP undiluted so far. I prefer post-shading. so things will look different, later. The RLM 02 is a mixture of ever-changing shades of that color, mixed from other Tamiya paints. Here, I'm trying to use the 02 that appears a tad brown. There is a lot to do. I'll allow the color to dry for a day or so... and then I can apply the rib tapes on the control surfaces. Heh... I have tons of WNW rib tapes. Happy Modelling! D.B. Andrus, LSP_Kevin, mywifehatesmodels and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I like this, especially with the early paint scheme. Cheers, Michael Gazzas and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Looking great Gaz. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Nice efforts going on here Gaz! mpk and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Woot ! getting towards the final straight Gazzas and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Color scheme is a surprise!! Are you going to paint the fuselage spine/upper surfaces as well? Any mottling on the sides? Don mpk and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 8 hours ago, dmthamade said: Color scheme is a surprise!! Are you going to paint the fuselage spine/upper surfaces as well? Any mottling on the sides? Don Yes, I'll be doing the fuselage spine as well as some mottling. There's some crazy stuff happening on the fuselage in period photos for me to try to illustrate. mpk, Troy Molitor and dmthamade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 As mentioned before, I was going to add the rib tape detail to the cloth covered surfaces. Despite my best attempts, all of my strips are slightly different lengths. Most of them are meant to be 6mm. Not too bothered, anyway as my main desire was to keep them parallel. I doubt the small distances will show up once painted. I tried to do them as little groups of 2-4 decals. Enough where I could align them while all were still wet, without having to have too many to do at once. I stared with one decal on each surface. Then I would move to another control to give the previous decal time to settle. The rib tapes are from my WNW Albatros trilogy. I have heaps of them, consequently. Now I will seal them, then give them a coat of paint. Happy modelling! Isar 30/07, dutik, BradG and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 You are very delicate to use german WW1 ribtape, not a british one Regards - dutik Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Speaking of rib tapes, now we can see them under paint. As well as some mottling. The rib tapes still are a bit out of scale... but I can't think of anything thinner to use. denders, Phantom2, dutik and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Looking good so far. I like the addition of those rib tapes. Nice touch. Cheers, Michael Gazzas and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Thank you Michael! For days now, I've been concerned that Sternberg's mount wasn't painted in the factory scheme. So, I made an analysis from the three best photos I have. The Analysis shows three letters for color differences I have noticed. L for light, M for medium, and D for dark... coinciding with the shades of gray I can detect from the photos I have. I put the analysis from a scan of a paint guide I found online. There are three question marks on the stbd wing because most of the photos are taken from port and I'm not sure what I'm seeing. But I am convinced that a third color is used. Detail on the tail plane is pretty hard to figure as it only shows in two of the photos, and there is a sheen there preventing greater study. It's rare to get so many pics of one warbird. But I think I have been letting my brain lie to my eyes for a while. I'll post the ones I'm using below. So, now I'm left with the task of repainting the wings, and adding a third color. RLM 70? RLM 74? Who knows. The fun of dealing with black and white photos when they conflict with factory schemes. Troy Molitor, Isar 30/07, D.B. Andrus and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Gaz, some of the early Fw 190s did have three colors applied to the upper wing...check out the machine farthest from the camera. Gazzas, Troy Molitor, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 Great photo! Thank you! mpk and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Also, look at the gun bulges at the wing root of each. mpk and Isar 30/07 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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