Luftwaffe Markings and Colors

[Wurger]

Great My Bro...

 

[Zeke_Freak]

My Colours as done on my Ju88

RLM 70 XF27 Black Green
RLM 71 XF13 JA Army green 2 Parts and XF61 Dark Green 1 Part
RLM 65 XF23 Light Blue 1 Part XF 2 White 1 Part

Wow, that looks great. You have me thinking I may just try the Tamiya paints after all. I do like using them. Guess we'll see what the hobby shop in Campbell River carries when I get there next.

Thanks for the peek at your JU-88. Very nice work.

Leif

 

[Wayne Little]

Wow, that looks great. You have me thinking I may just try the Tamiya paints after all. I do like using them. Guess we'll see what the hobby shop in Campbell River carries when I get there next.

Thanks for the peek at your JU-88. Very nice work.

Leif

Well Leif go here for a complete look at the Ju88 from start to finish!http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/3-mto-north-africa/done-revell-1-32-ju88a-5-4d-mr-7-kg30-mto-group-build-20753.html

 

[Zeke_Freak]

Well Leif go here for a complete look at the Ju88 from start to finish!http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/3-mto-north-africa/done-revell-1-32-ju88a-5-4d-mr-7-kg30-mto-group-build-20753.html

Wow, Wayne. That's incredible. I didn't get to look through every page yet, but the level of detail in your work is stunning.

I really like those colors. Your paint mixture for the Tamiya paints is slightly different than I've seen elsewhere, but I really think I'm going to follow your lead. Though I know my build is going to be pretty amateurish.

Leif

 

[Wayne Little]

Wow, Wayne. That's incredible. I didn't get to look through every page yet, but the level of detail in your work is stunning.

I really like those colors. Your paint mixture for the Tamiya paints is slightly different than I've seen elsewhere, but I really think I'm going to follow your lead. Though I know my build is going to be pretty amateurish.

Leif

Thanks Leif, I'm rather proud of how it turned out...only one problem though.... it is too bl**dy big to put anywhere!
RLM70 and 71 were both dark colours and did not have a high contrast between them, often modellers make RLM 71 too light and do create a high contrast to make them obviously more different which is not correct.

Love my luftwaffe...AND to make you happy love my Japanese Aircraft too.....especially the Zero!!

 

[Zeke_Freak]

Love my luftwaffe...AND to make you happy love my Japanese Aircraft too.....especially the Zero!!

Ha! Yes, I always liked the Japanese planes as well. My family is planning a trip to Hawaii at the end of the year. We are staying on Oahu, and by coincidence, we will be there for the 70th anniversay of the Pearl Harbor bombing. I have never been before, so I was doing some travel research, and recently discovered that they have an aviation museum on Ford Island. Not only that, but I heard they even have a Zero there! In any case, I am looking forward to seeing some WWII aircraft in person, and taking many pictures.

If they do have a Zero there... maybe I'll be taking some pictures with a view to building a Zero model one day. Hmmm... I wonder... someone must have posted pictures here already from this museum. Maybe I'll search.

Btw... I went out and bought the Tamiya colors I need to replicate your formulas for RLM 65, 70, and 71. The only thing I haven't quite decided is if I want to do the straight standard colors, or also later apply the winter camo white over them. I've pretty much decided on an Eastern Front scheme in either case.

Leif

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice thing about the winter scheme - you don't have to decide right away as the white was a thin wash that went over the factory camo. A couple of winter schemes done here. Wayne did a 109 and I did a 110.

 

[Zeke_Freak]

Nice thing about the winter scheme - you don't have to decide right away as the white was a thin wash that went over the factory camo. A couple of winter schemes done here. Wayne did a 109 and I did a 110.

Yea, I think I'm going to do the standard scheme, then the winter scheme can always be modification later on.

Question though... was the 'white wash' of a nature that could be removed after winter months, or was it something that would have required painting over top of again?

Leif

 

[Wurger]

The white paint for the winter camo schemes , was removable one. It was applied on the summer camo scheme.Therefore most of German LF planes with the winter paint on looked like wearing a shabby overcoat.