Nanond Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Eduard 1/48 Bf109G-10, Mtt Regensburg, finished as white 43 of NJG 11. Nanond 40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Excellent job on the Gustav, great finish and weathering ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Outstanding level of detail and accurate weathering. I would be proud to have this in my display case. Superb!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Brilliant as usual. Great fotos, too. Volker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Beautifully done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Looks lovely in the all-over light grey. Top weathering too. Idiot question if I may: Why did the Germans paint these in such a pale colour, when British and US night-fighters and bombers tended to go for black? Any wisdom gratefully received. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, Bedders said: Looks lovely in the all-over light grey. Top weathering too. Idiot question if I may: Why did the Germans paint these in such a pale colour, when British and US night-fighters and bombers tended to go for black? Any wisdom gratefully received. Justin The Germans experimented with many colour schemes it was discovered that black created a more visible silhouette. This is evident in most mid to late war planes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Bedders said: Looks lovely in the all-over light grey. Top weathering too. Idiot question if I may: Why did the Germans paint these in such a pale colour, when British and US night-fighters and bombers tended to go for black? Any wisdom gratefully received. Justin 47 minutes ago, Walter said: The Germans experimented with many colour schemes it was discovered that black created a more visible silhouette. This is evident in most mid to late war planes. First, the first use of this camo was high altitude day interceptors, and then the G-10 were for chasing Mosquito's see https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7711 this is an old thread, but I note @Jerry Crandall mentioned, he maybe able to add more. second, regarding night camo. Black, of various forms seemed the obvious answer, but turned out it wasn't except on moonless nights, causing an aircraft to be silhouetted against the ground, let alone clouds. Experiments showed in the case of fighters, both Luftwaffe and RAF, that a pale colour with a upper surface disruptive pattern worked best. Think early black Mosquito vs later overall Med Sea Grey with disruptive of Dark Green. see these monographs https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Modeling-References/Camoflage-Markings/06-De-Havilland-Mosquito https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Modeling-References/Camoflage-Markings/09-Bristol-Beaufighter which cover the change over in schemes The US eventually found that the best black was high gloss Jet, turned out that black appeared grey in searchlights. I think RAF bombers were Dark Green Dark Earth uppers as much for ground concealment as night camo as well. There have been threads on this in the WWII section, this is just a very brief outline.... HTH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanond Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Thank you for your comment and an informative discussion. For some reason, I found overall RLM76 scheme like this very attractive. I think it extends to include the pale PRU Spitfire as well:) Nanond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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