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  1. Tokyo Raider
    Wonderful FW!
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    I agree... rig it like an H model...
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    Nice Salamander!!! I think you are correct with the decals and tail color (atleast in kit). The white decals go on a dark cammo tail. If you painted tails rlm76 light grey, then you would need black markings for that tail... Im building a he162 and had to learn this the hard way...
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    Me too... i have a hasegawa K4 kit hot in my hands... I'm almost a Senior Citizen! Hurry up Eduard!
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    Actually it was 2019 or 2020! Thats why I ask... I have not heard anything and it seems to have dropped off the radar. K4 is my favorite 109, so I am waiting for this
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    Is there any info on the release of the Eduard bf190K-4 mentioned here?
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    Wow... great looking Corsair!
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    Great job on that Dora! The drop tank and pylon are the only issues with that kit, but you did great fixing that...
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    THAT is the best!
  10. Tokyo Raider
    Looks really good Blue! Nice to see classic kits get built and turned into nice models!
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    Greetings Jochen... yes these are 2 of the 5 photos I have of white 4. I have a better view where the nacelle is clearly DARKER than the fuselage, however the fuselage is DARKER than the appearance of RLM82 Bright green. This combined with claims of early He162s painted RLM71 on fuselage. I am going with 81/71/76 for white 4. As for the RLM83, its specified by RLM for 83/75/76 for fighters in winter months 44/45. It doesnt look BLUE on these planes, so BLUE in photo could be exposure or a special color applied... maybe not RLM83 as on fighters. This debate makes Luftwaffe models more fun because everyone has a theory or conjecture and in the end, the modeller can choose what he likes to paint the model. Thanks for all feedback and viewpoints! My thoughs are as said at beginning... 83 could be the greener version of brown violet 81, or a substiture dark color in the 81 cammo schemes. My modelart color chips show this.
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    Ok... I also got aftermarket seat and exhaust ordered for my kits. I just got some ultracast props for the Wingsy kits today... Your prop looks great...
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    Hi Vonbraun... the 81/71 is what I think I see in the photos of the specific He162 that I am modeling... The comment on 83, doesnt match anything I have seen. Luftwaffe Med operations were virtually over a year before RLM83 was introduced. I dont think I have seen it used this way unless its a unusual wellenmuster cammo, but those were case by case. The fun of Luftwaffe cammo is I have seen 'new findings' claims arise in modelling over past 50years! We do have 109s and 190ds with 83 on them and thats well established...
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    Hi Holzhammer... i love your Emil! Great to see a wingsy kit and i ordered a few! I have a question... is that the prop in the kit? I saw comments that kit prop was wider blade. Yours looks right to me... thanks and great job!
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    I can't find it now, but the 83/75/76 was also on early 109K-4's before the 'anything goes' period after December 1944... I know I saw the RLM83 called out in Luftwaffe directive, so I believe it was a real RLM color (very dark green). It was needed because in winter months, the RLM82 Bright Green would stick out on the ground and not be effective. The Darker Green RLM83 obviously did a better job in winter. I was not planning RLM83 on the He162, as the RLM81 is so recognized on the survivors. My issue was what was the lighter color to pair up with 81, because there had to be something other than 82 on this plane I am doing.
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    I will have to go dig thru my old luftwaffe stuff... but there was a specific color directive for the Dora which specified 83/75/76 and the standard scheme. It was in Oct or Nov 1944...
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    Thats a beauty!
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    Rlm83 was specified as a Focke Wulf color with RLM75, on the dora build. I agree it could be a substitute for 81 in some regard. In cammo theory, RLM always combined a dark and lighter color for contrast. So the 82, was the lighter color, and can be used with 81 or 83. The 83 wouldnt be used with 81, but as you say could be a version of 81 or a stand in for the darker 81 as it also a dark color to be paired with a lighter color...
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    Yes... that was the claim I read on the decal sheet I had and other posts online on the subject of He162 colors... The bird I am building there are 5 photos of (so I am very lucky)... the nacelle is definitely darker than the fuselage and tail. So this says tail and fuselage are a second lighter than RLM81 color. Then I compared the 5 photos to photos of RLM82 light green. The he162 fuselage looks darker than rlm82. So it could be rlm83 or rlm71. I will sleep on it and decide tomorrow when I paint it... Hienkel had bomber paints so would have rlm71 and 70 on hand when 81, 82 or 83 were unavailable. Thats my best conjecture based on the 5 photos...
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    Thanks Werdna... i have some decal sheets and other claims online that Hienkel used up its stock of RLM71 on the early build of HE162s. It seems the claim in several places. The official RLM color spec for He162 does say 81/82, and that holds for later produced machines but photos of the plane I am doing are much darker than the 82 appears. So like we do, we need to make a decision and build it...
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    Looks great Alan!
  22. Tokyo Raider
    Great looking model! Really like it!
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    Hi Friends... I started a 6 model Luftwaffe build binge... I am on my second plane, a He162 wk number 120067, otherwise known as White 4. I have found 4 to 5 photos of this plane that I am studying. I even found a parted out photo of it late 1945/46 with faded paint, but topside of wing visible... The help I need is from Experten on late war German aircraft... i have read that the early builds of the He162 (which this is) had the fuselage painted in RLM71. From the photos, the power egg is darker than fuse, so its probably RLM81. The fuselage is slightly lighter than this, but way darker than RLM82 light green. Do you guys know if there was truth to the RLM71 fuselage rumor, or are bets that its fuselage is RLM83 dark green? The 83 worries me as its darker than 81, and power egg is darker than the fuselage. Anyone out there done a He162 and careful about colors? Thanks for any help you have...
  24. Tokyo Raider
    I agree, the Gaspatch easy peasy detail set is great. I especially love the rocket nozzle! Its super thin wall and realistic and sticks out a touch past the airframe. Really sets off the Komet...
  25. Tokyo Raider
    Really cool!
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