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How accurate Frog's Me Bf 110G4 painting instructions?


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7 minutes ago, Black Knight said:

Generally Frog's painting instructions are pretty accurate; you just need to change from the old generic 'dark grey' etcetera to a modern colour matched RLM paint

Thanks B.K.

A helpful friend suggests:

Light Blue = RLM 76 = Humbrol 247
Light Grey = RLM 75 = Humbrol 246
Dark Grey = RLM 74 = Humbrol 245

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31 minutes ago, MigModeller said:

Thanks B.K.

A helpful friend suggests:

Light Blue = RLM 76 = Humbrol 247
Light Grey = RLM 75 = Humbrol 246
Dark Grey = RLM 74 = Humbrol 245

 

yes,  they are reasonable if you like Humbrol

see also

@FalkeEins  may have some specfics on Schnaufer's planes

OK

from his blog

http://falkeeins.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/heinz-schnaufers-bf110g.html

 

and

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/schnaufers-bf-110g.38546/

 

It may depend on which plane you wish to model,   and as the decals were done long ago, new information may have surfaced.

 

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from Falke Eins blog

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A summary of the a/c flown by Schnaufer

G9+EZ (with this registration he flew from January 1944 to the end of March 1944) and later G9+DF (code later changed when Schnaufer became Kommandeur, and he flew with this registration from April to June 1944) Werknummer 720260, equipped with FuG220
G9+EF, equipped with FuG220
G9+EC, equipped with FuG202. He flew this machine through April and May 1943.
3C+BA, equipped with FuG218

 

no G9+AA  listed.

 

Others hopefully will know more

 

HTH

 

 

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1 hour ago, MigModeller said:

In that case,l perhaps the researcher at Frog discovered something no one else has, so I feel very temped to stick with the suggested legend/scheme.

 

 

It is your model so your choice. However, the Frog artwork (and any associated research) is 40+ years old; it is quite possible better information as cited in the other posts has become available since

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7 minutes ago, Chuck1945 said:

It is your model so your choice. However, the Frog artwork (and any associated research) is 40+ years old; it is quite possible better information as cited in the other posts has become available since

I often feel the pull of aesthetics on the one hand and accuracy on the other.

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The code AA would normally imply that it was the aircraft of the Geschwader Kommandeur, so it was a reasonable assumption to make.  In his position, of course, he would be free to fly whichever aircraft he liked, night operations making no demands on formation flying or individual identification.

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