ColesAircraft
Airman 1st Class
I finally got this one done: My 190 D-9 painting. I had a lot of help getting some of the details correct thanks to the aviation art groups on Facebook, but it's not too late to make revisions and I know some of you could probably point out a thing or two. I welcome that!
Thanks to my illustrious Belgian source this piece was painted to accompany parts of a D-9 that was lost in action during Operation Bodenplatte. Unfortunately I don't have the aircraft's werk nummer or information on its pilot, but it was assigned to 3./JG 2 'Richthofen'. A couple of the pieces are amazingly well preserved. I'd say about 90% of all of the aircraft aluminum I see is corroded and has little or no paint at all, while these parts look like they came off of a crash that happened yesterday, and the paint is amazing. German paint often turns yellow with age. Some of the parts that I have that retain RLM 65, for example, look like a pale desert tan (I've sanded down a few samples of this and it can be restored, but it's laborious). This paint is mint and still has that original eggshell sheen.
Unrelated: I also completed this 190 A piece a few weeks ago, and I don't think I shared it here. A little different, more focused on the armor. I know - targets!
Thanks to my illustrious Belgian source this piece was painted to accompany parts of a D-9 that was lost in action during Operation Bodenplatte. Unfortunately I don't have the aircraft's werk nummer or information on its pilot, but it was assigned to 3./JG 2 'Richthofen'. A couple of the pieces are amazingly well preserved. I'd say about 90% of all of the aircraft aluminum I see is corroded and has little or no paint at all, while these parts look like they came off of a crash that happened yesterday, and the paint is amazing. German paint often turns yellow with age. Some of the parts that I have that retain RLM 65, for example, look like a pale desert tan (I've sanded down a few samples of this and it can be restored, but it's laborious). This paint is mint and still has that original eggshell sheen.
Unrelated: I also completed this 190 A piece a few weeks ago, and I don't think I shared it here. A little different, more focused on the armor. I know - targets!