Regensburg wingpattern for a Bf109G-6 - hard or soft edges?

[Johnson]

Hi Folks,

 

I'm modelling the Bf 109 G-6 of 2/JG302 Black 8 (might be Red 8 ) in the Heller Classic GB.

 

Back in May 2020 @Troy Smith posted a very useful link to The Profile Paintshop and a post that helps identify which factory produced which Bf 109 G, and what the camo scheme was like. From the pic below Black 8 (or Red 8 ) may have come from the Regensburg factory and the 74/75 demarcation should have a hard edge.

 

I just wanted to check with the experts that this was right before committing to painting.

 

 

Any help or advice much appreciated!

[AaCee26]

Hi Charlie,

 

Sorry not to have an answer for your question but a little more information about this incident: It happened April 1944 at Malmi airport, Helsinki. At least earlier other Bf 109G-6 night fighters were painted with partial winter camouflage. IMHO this aircraft carried some remains of white distemper.

 

Cheers,

 

AaCee

[JWM]

maybe this photo is a bit more sharpen. 

https://webkits.hoop.la/topic/bf-109-slats?page=2

For me the edges are the hard one

Regards

J-W

 

[Johnson]

1 hour ago, AaCee26 said:

It happened April 1944 at Malmi airport, Helsinki. At least earlier other Bf 109G-6 night fighters were painted with partial winter camouflage. IMHO this aircraft carried some remains of white distemper.

 

Thank you AaCee, What you say is most useful and I agree that the plane may have been painted with temporary white winter camouflage. I had wondered about the lighter paint on some parts of the fuselage, and your explanation is quite logical.

 

1 hour ago, JWM said:

maybe this photo is a bit more sharpen. For me the edges are the hard one

 

A much better copy of the photograph J-W, thank you.

[Vlad]

On the profiles page you linked the camouflage edge looks hard on the Regensburg drawing but soft on WNF one. Of course, that's not gospel, but interesting the artist took the time/effort to draw that difference.

 

In any case, if you're working in 1/72 I would say (personal opinion) there's not much point trying to reproduce a very slight soft edge that it might have. By the time youre down to that scale, unless the edge is very soft and feathered over a wide area, it may as well be hard for the purpose of model painting.

[Johnson]

On 1/6/2021 at 11:24 AM, Vlad said:

On the profiles page you linked the camouflage edge looks hard on the Regensburg drawing but soft on WNF one. Of course, that's not gospel, but interesting the artist took the time/effort to draw that difference.

 

I thought it odd too. I cannot recall seeing any photo of a Bf 109 G that had what you'd call hard - i.e. masked - edges. But I'm no 109 specialist and would be delighted to be proved wrong, preferably in the next few days before I get the paint out .

 

Cheers,

 

[dov]

Hallo

 

Johnson & JWM

On this photos are different a/c!

·        The spinner spiral

·        Deformation on 12 o’clock propeller blade

·        Forward bright color ring after spinner

·        Landscape

·        Rudder is bright vs. camouflage

Happy modelling

[Johnson]

41 minutes ago, dov said:

On this photos are different a/c!

 

Hi Dov,

Thanks for your input... but I'm afraid you've lost me! Spinner spiral?

Was there supposed to be a link to another photo in your post?

Apologies if I'm missing the point, maybe it's too early on a Sunday!

Best regards,

[dov]

Oh, it was the top photo! Sorry my mistake!