***DONE: Bf110D of 9./ ZG 26 MTO 1941 Group Build

[jamierd]

Sand and browns seems a bit more likely though the red is growing on me lol it looks kinda mean

 

[imalko]

Here is another color illustration of the Bf 110 you've posted Jamie...

 

[jamierd]

those colours look more like it i will give this one a try then wont be easy given no airbrush but all the more challenging for that i think thank you guys once again for your help

 

[Lucky13]

A question about the ZG 1 if I may....

Did all the gruppen carry the wespe noseart? Didn't the II Gruppe operate out from somewhere in Italy in '43 and also fly G-2's?

 

[Airframes]

Far as I know, yes. And with the Wespe nose art.
Jamie, for your mottle, without an airbrush, have a look at my reply in the thread on 'Mottle'. It might help you.

 

[Wurger]

I'm still not sure if these colours are correct.

 

[Evgeny Velichko]

Airframes:

this is from Bf110 in action, very old book, with tons of mistakes and speculations. Bf110E-2 had no long tail.

jamierd:

And this colour profile, noted as E-1, is a mistake again, E-1 had long tail as D series. Also, this direct airctaft, 3U+ZS, is most probably Bf110C-6, equipped with MG101 (note: NOT MK101!) instead of 2 x MG-FF/M.

M8+FA - Stab./ZG76
3U+KK - 2./ZG26
3U+BT - 9./ZG26
G9+IN - 5./NJG1
LN+KR - 13(Z)./JG5

 

[Evgeny Velichko]

imalko:

this aircraft was painted in factory default 02/71/65.

Desert camou for Bf110 is the only as shown on photoes.

 

[Maximowitz]

Nice one! And a hell of a lot cheaper in terms of paint.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks for the clarification Evgeny.

 

[jamierd]

By goerge I think Ive got it as things now stand i will be doing
BF110 C-7 of 9.ZG26 Horst Vessel
Palermo Italy end of 1940
in factory standard desert camo

of course at some point i will just have to build all the others as well

 

[imalko]

Nice one! And a hell of a lot cheaper in terms of paint.

Not only cheaper, but a lot easier to paint. No mottles and all...
Thanks for info Evgeny, but you must admit - it makes an attractive paint scheme (although not completely historically accurate as it seems).

 

[jamierd]

ONCE again thanks to you all for time and patience not to mention your librarys i hope i can repay you all someday

 

[jamierd]

i think if there is ever a what if Group Build i will do the red 1 lol looks so mean

 

[jamierd]

should i restart my group build thread with the new information

 

[Wurger]

But what about this profile?

 

[Maximowitz]

Aaaaaaaaaaarggh! Do it as an NJG1 kite. It's black. That's it. Black!

 

[jamierd]

starting to feel the same might just do it red for the hell of it
But no i will stick to the last stated objective which at least is the same unit as this one just a couple years earlier

 

[jamierd]

Tell you what though if i knew how to change the lettering on the side of wurgers pprofile there it would make a nice siggy

 

[Evgeny Velichko]

Actually, III./ZG26 received a serie of Bf110 with RLM 79/78 desert camou only once, and there were Bf110E-2/Trop. clearly visible on photoes.

All other D's, E-1's wer in standart 02/71/65, as F's and G's (in 43) were in 74/75/76.

P.S. There were never such an aircraft called Bf110C-4/B Another specalation.

In real it was Bf110C-7.