Luftwaffe Aircraft Camouflage and Markings

[Wurger]

Here some info about KG2

Asisbiz history section Luftwaffe Unit Kampfgeschwader 2

 

[König2]

Quick list of RLM colors.

RLM Colors

A challenging aspect of modeling late-war Luftwaffe aircraft such as the Me 262 is rendering the color scheme. The following list provides most of the RLM colors which were used on Luftwaffe aircraft and a FS 595a equivalent. Please keep in mind that limitations of the FS color system preclude an exact match in all cases and should be considered approximations.

RLM # Namen Name FS 595a equivalent
02 Grau (gray) FS 36165
04 Gelb (yellow) FS 23538
21 Weiss (white) FS 37886
22 Schwarz (black) FS 37038
23 Rot (red) FS 31136
24 Dunkelblau (dark blue) FS 25053
25 Hellgrun (bright green) FS 34115
26 Braun (brown) FS 30109
27 Gelb (yellow) FS 33655
65 Hellblau (bright blue) FS 35414
66 Schwarzgrau (black-gray) FS 36081
70 Schwarzgrun (black-green) FS 34050
71 Dunkelgrun (dark green) FS 34079
72 Graun (green) FS 34056
73 Grun (green) FS 34092
74 Graugrun (gray-green) FS 36801
75 Grauviolett (gray-violet) FS 36122
76 Lichtblau (light blue) FS 36473
77 Lichtgrau (light gray) FS 36492
78 Hellblau (bright blue) FS 35414
79 Sandgelb (sand yellow) FS 30215
80 Olivgrun (olive-green FS 34052
81 Braunviolett (brown-violet) FS 34087
82 Hellgrun (bright green) FS 34138
83 Dunkelgrun (dark green) FS 34083
99 Gelbgrun (yellow-green) FS 34227

Hallo,
Great help for me!!!

Danke,
Alex

 

[Augsburg Eagle]

A link for the markings of german Jagdgeschwader.
I hope it isn´t already posted here.

Jagdgeschwader

 

[Wurger]

Nice. THX for sharing.

 

[Donivanp]

I've been going over this forum and it's great, lots of great info. Maybe I overlooked it, but I need some question filled in on Luftwaffe camo patterns. I'm doing a Bf-110D and I can't tell if a hard line camo or a soft line camo is correct on the wings. I see some stuff that looks soft and a lot of stuff that looks hard. The fuselage I have done in a soft edge and I think that is correct. Any help would be great.

 

[Wurger]

The basic camo scheme was the splinter pattern with straight and quite sharp edges of camo spots. But it could be possible the maintenance crew repainted the camo spots with an airbrush without using masks. Then these spots were of soft edges. The best way to know how the camo scheme looked like is to find a picture of a particular plane. Also profiles may help.

 

[Donivanp]

Thanks. that clears me up.

 

[clinton78]

The splinter was 100% not masked, not even in the factory? I have Messerschmitt Augsburg factory documents that state that a soft edge overlap was expected between the segments of the splinter pattern.

 

[juliansantos13]

Hi just wanted to ask the people here if Willi Reschke's Ta-152 Green 9 had a scheme of RLM 81/82/83 over 76? or was it just the greens? Also, alot of references show that the plane had a different colored engine cowling that seems to be of olive green-ish hue...were these planes known to have a replaced engine cowling and would it be possible that the color for this could be something like RLM 80? Thanks in advance, gents!

 

[Wurger]

The camo scheme of RLM 82/83/76 with possible RLM70 on the engine cowling. Please have a look at the thraed....

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/-1...ab-jg301-favorite-aircraft-time-gb-31777.html

 

[Crimea_River]

Agree with Wojtek. The engine section, often referred to as a "Power Egg" was built and painted as a complete assembly elsewhere, often resulting in a mismatched green/light blue demarcation

 

[Wurger]

True.

 

[Splitter]

Hello friends!I need your help.I want to make a Bf109-K4.But i have a some problem.I dont have scheme of this plane like on this picture.And don't know what numbers RLM on this plane.Please help me.The plane is Ernest Dieter 8 Jg 53 April 1945.

May be you have another scheme of Bf109-K4 with numbers of RLM.

 

[fubar57]

Did you perhaps mean Ernest Dieter Bernard, 14.03.45 Lt. and Adj of III./JG 53, shot down by P-47 and crashed near Oppenheim in Bf 109 K-4 (uninjured)?


Geo

Found this profile, no photo yet.

 

[Wurger]

And shots of the derelicted plane ....

 

[Wurger]

And another profile found via the net....

 

[Splitter]

Thank you very much^)Underneath it white or blue?

 

[fubar57]

Not sure if these are correct but they look close. Someone with more knowledge about this should be along shortly

There is also light blue at the bottom of the rudder


Geo

 

[Wurger]

Thank you very much^)Underneath it white or blue?

I agree with Geo's post. But it might have been the RLM76. Or the RLM 84 for the fuselage undersides and the RLM 76 for the wings only.

 

[net_sailor]

According JaPo "Messerschmiit Bf 109K camouflage and markings" the lower surfaces were left unpainted. RLM76 was applied on the fuselage sides, on lower engine cover (part with oil cooler) and all section under horizontal stabiliser. Wings and fuselage bottom left in natural metal, with grey putty or paint traces around the glycol coolers. Ailerons undersurfaces primed with RLM76.