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I'm interested to see what you go for. I think the second (74/75 ,overpainted yellow rudder) profile is the more likely. It's from a block that's a bit early for 81/82 and,though I've seen it done by a well known Italian modeller,I'd be suspicious of 75/83 on an Erla built machine.
Cheers
Steve
Still giving the camo plenty of thought Steve,
I believe this comes from an early production run. The fairly heavy mottle would support this.
Various sources seem to indicate that when the 80 series colours were introduced Erla ditched the 70s and did a double substitution,hence 74/75 became 82/81. Hence my suspicion of an 83/75 combination.We all know what intermediates may have appeared and such things do certainly appear on other Erla machines.
I think (but can't check at the moment) that Erla stopped the yellow under cowlings on their G-10s? That would have been around July/August '44 (memory?)
I'm not sure that much can be read into those black outline Balkenkreuze. I think you already mentioned how unusual they are. I wonder if it was a mistake or simply a shortage that caused a few aircraft to have these applied. We'll never know.
Likewise the patch on which the emblem is painted would,I think,have been applied around the time the emblem was added. It may be a fresher patch of one of the camouflage colours or even something else. I don't think it relates to the factory scheme.
Great subject,I'll be following your progress with interest!
Cheers
Steve
Edit Is the 74/75 profile from the Wolowski book? It looks familiar but my copy is out on loan!