dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I'm building the Zvezda 1/72 Ju88A-17 and the instructions tell you to paint the lower wingtips Yellow. The aircraft in question (from KG26) was based in the Mediterranean theatre in 1944 and I thought in the Med, the wingtips were painted White. Can anyone suggest which colour is correct? thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 From what I've read, you are correct, but the aircraft or unit might have been transferred to the Med from the Eastern front. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 That's what I thought. Any ideas from Luftwaffe experts? thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 I've decided to go for White wingtips unless anyone can say otherwise in the next couple of hours. thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Can't offer any educated info but i reckon white would look better. What's the top colours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 What colour is the third letter in the code? Often the prop spinners were the same colour and sometimes the underwingtips were done in the same color especially if it was a Gruppe Stab machine But; white is more likely for early Med ops. Late on when the Germans were pushed into Northern Italy [late 43 onwards] it would be yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 10 hours ago, Black Knight said: But; white is more likely for early Med ops. Late on when the Germans were pushed into Northern Italy [late 43 onwards] it would be yellow Which argues that, since this is apparently a 1944 machine, Zvezda got it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 So Yellow then? In answer to a previous question, it's in standard bomber camouflage, ie RLM 70/71 over 65, unless anyone can tell me it should be 72/73 over 65 but the Zvezda painting guide doesn't use RLM no's, so I was aiming for 70/71, unless proved otherwise. thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expositor Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Not that I'm an expert, but if I recall my time at the Luftwaffe Experten forum, the preponderance of opinion was that all of the earlier Ju-88's were in 70/71 before the use of the greys, whether used over land or sea. Much as I wanted to use 72/73 for a KG 40 '88, 70/71/65 is the way to go. As an aside, the Do-217's were probably in 72/73 regardless of unit mission, rather than 70/71....I really miss that forum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 No worries, no doubt I'll look that up when we get a decent Do217 kit in 1/72! Standard bomber camouflage it is then, the wingtips are now Yellow. thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 18 hours ago, expositor said: Not that I'm an expert, but if I recall my time at the Luftwaffe Experten forum, the preponderance of opinion was that all of the earlier Ju-88's were in 70/71 before the use of the greys, whether used over land or sea. Much as I wanted to use 72/73 for a KG 40 '88, 70/71/65 is the way to go. As an aside, the Do-217's were probably in 72/73 regardless of unit mission, rather than 70/71....I really miss that forum! http://www.luftwaffe-research-group.org/index.php You could try the above. Or alternatively invest in a few (more?) of the better Luftwaffe camouflage books, which are largely where the information in the forums comes from, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expositor Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Thanks for that link GB, but the site was shown to be insecure, so I refrained from joining. Have you or anyone else encountered that warning? Is my Firefox unduly alarmed??? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I've never encountered that warning, and am a daily (or more often) visitor to the site without anything disastrous happening to me or mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expositor Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I'll give it another shot GB; thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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