'Langnasen Dora' Fw 190D-9's

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Yep - again, welcome to the wonderful world of Late War Luftwaffe colours! And also remember, your gloss coat will change the colours again on you!

I put down a thin coat of RLM82 (Bright Green) and two Coats of RLM83 (Dark Green) this afternoon on this D-11 (looking nice and 'patchey', in much the same way that Wayne does it ) and under the lighting I was using at the time, I would have sworn I SCREWED UP the bix mix of RLM83 I knocked up; it looked more like the greener variants of RLM81 Brown-Violet! Thankfully now that its dried, its taken on more of a olive drab green tone - still need to put a second coat on the RLM82 tomorrow however, to make it denser. Was quite happy with how I've been able to 'layer' things though; another of my experiments, based on observing some of Wayne's work! The RLM83 went on over some RLM82 (to give the gun cover a different shade), over some black primer (to give it that slightly oxidised look) and over some other RLM83 (to give it a deeper, denser look).

But yeah, morale of the story is Jan, if the lighting is representative of the colours, it looks more 81/83 (Brown-Violet/Dark-Green) than 82/83 (Bright-Green/Dark-Green) - there is just not enough 'tonal difference' or contrast between the colours, in my opinion.
 
Right, ok matey...
Sooo, should the lighter green be a tad brighter then, not much or?
If that's the case, maybe just 'dust' over some of the brighter green that I first used...
 
Looking good old boy, but I agree with Wayne about the lighting conditions. Th pics are underexposed, making the colours seem darker than they probably are.
 
Zaggy said:
Jan, I would suggest having a look at Wayne's Ta 152H-1 --> http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/13...301-favourite-aircraft-all-time-gb-32917.html - That should give you a feel for the relative differences between RLM82/83.
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Will do, cheers pal!

Airframes said:
Looking good old boy, but I agree with Wayne about the lighting conditions. Th pics are underexposed, making the colours seem darker than they probably are.
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Eeeerrrmmmm......doesn't that mean, that I'll have to wait for that sss...suuu....suuummm....that warm and dry season, with that big bluish and round yellowish kinda thingys?
 
Quite a bit lighter I see.... Give it another go at mixing the colour, if not, see if I can find it again somewhere....if so, start on the JV 44 bird while waiting... Cheers lads!
 
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