@Wayne - the Japo does not explicitly mention the outer wing panel, but does illustrate it as a neutral grey.
And on that point, the use of a Neutral Grey in Repair of late war a/c is not isolated, hence my theory that the outboard wing section and beneath the RH Balkenkruez is RLM77 or Neutral Grey; at least if you see what Japo (and I) see in the images of this a/c. EE-Crandall has a very different (more traditional) interpretation of the upper surface and fuselage camo (choosing to stay with RLM82/83 across the wings, fuselage and tail).
But, back to the Neutral Grey for a second - you'll also see a neutral grey on D-9 211164 covering repairs and there is at least one other WNr that eludes my brain ATM. Not to mention the Neutral Grey 'wedge' we see on MANY late D-9's, the D-11's, A-8's, etc.
The scheme I have mapped out for my "Red 4" (when I get around to it) is RLM83 on the power egg, continuing in a noticablely wavey demarcation, unbroken down the fuselage and around the canopy (just had a look at my notes and the RLM81 'under' RLM83 was a different a/c) over RLM82 which had originally been applied on fuselage. The RLM82 remains visible on the fuselage below the RLM83 from from a position beneath the canopy and wrapping around the spine (and originally as far as the Fuselage Extension) of the a/c. Wings were in the pretty standard RLM82/83 pattern.
Assuming my repair theory to be correct, when the tail unit was replaced, this unit was generally overall RLM76 (seemingly a slightly lighter shade, with a natural metal extension, as was common by this stage of the war, considering most operators would have applied a Rumpfband over it anyway), so once fitted, it was mottled with the 'Chocolate/Browner' version of RLM81; this was continued up the rear spine of the a/c and over a lot of the existing RLM82; there appears to be a light overspray of a colour to about halfway down the rear fuselage, from the leading edge of the Horizontal Tailplane, upto the rear edge of the Hakenkruez - this could be the same RLM81. I am of the beleif that while the Horizontal Tailplanes were RLM82/83, like the wings, the roots of the upper surfaces were also painted (for the first few inches) in the RLM81 also - its something I *THINK* I see in the images of the a/c. There also appears to be sprays of this colour down both the forward and rear edges of the fuselage extention (again suggesting a repair at some point)... Adding additional weight to the repair theory (at unit level) is the early style canopy, which would NOT have been a factory fitting at this stage of the things!
Of course I must chip in here and point out the alternate theory that this rear spine/tail colour is lighter/fresher RLM83 variant (or even one of the Greener RLM81's), more like the EE-Crandall interpretation.
Damage to the wings resulted in a patch of Neutral Grey on the RH outer most wing panel and a replacement wing-cap in RLM83. Both ailerons were replaced also, and like the wing-cap, remained in solid RLM83. There is also a patch of Fuselage, in the Lower-Right quadrant of the LEFT fuselage Balkenkruez that is in the same grey as the outer wing panel. Being a repair, the a/c Werk Nummer was repainted in White on the Green Fin-cap - some claim this number could in fact be 220010 or 220007, but I have never seen anything to confirm either; the known photo's that show a complete, 6 digit WNr are not clear enough to decipher anything more than there being a complete 6 digit WNr.
Lower surfaces as most know are RED over everything - I would suggest a very slight, barely noticiable darker tint to the red on the Leading Half of the wings, where the red would have over painted the darker RLM75 or 83; a Finely feathered/sprayed edge is visible on better documented a/c, so I do not see why this a/c would be any different. I also feel the Red and White of the lower surfaces are a gloss or semi-gloss finish, as are all the JV44 specific markings. The VfS 'White <58' tactical code is overpainted in a thin spray of a slightly lighter RLM76 also, before the Red 4 was applied.
As for the JV44 a/c, I consider "Red 4" to be the least clear of 'the well-known four' a/c (obviously excepting of "Red 2", which is whole other story) for the reason that I consider the a/c to have sustained a level of damage that necessitated the replacement of a number of parts (probably at Unit level, when in service with VfS) and the repainting of these repairs. Definately makes life interesting, doesn't it!
Dan
Oh and no progress on the D-15 or the Cylong Raider here
But I did spent a small fortune on more Alclad this evening. I just LOOOOOOOVE the way it goes on over a black base!