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The overcoat was quickly and thinly applied over the bare, unfinished/unprimed metal.
Any ideas about the uppersurfaces of the wings? Particularly, I'm wondering whether or not to paint the splinter pattern on the wings.
>Jon
Another thing to try is to find pictures of other 262s in the same production block and close to your WNr. This could give a clue to your scheme but of course does not preclude the possibility of a unique field application for which no evidence will exist other than your posted pics.
There were also cases where, in the final months, the Me262s were being transferred between different units, so the camo schemes markings became chaotic.
Like this one, for example. It was assigned to KG51 as 9K+FH but commandeered by JV44 during the final month or so of the war
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This one is reported to be 500516. Wing show evidence of a splinter scheme that MIGHT be 81/82 though the leading edges aren't scalloped.
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Since you have "Stormbird Colours" by Greene, take a look at the 262 on page 16. This has the scalloped leading edge. Another on the bottom of page 19 could be similar to yours - again pure speculation here.
The color balance is slightly off in this photo (as was the case with many color photos of the day) so be careful with first impressions.9K+FH wears very interesting camo. I think it's usually assumed that the green mottles are RLM 82 but they appear very light-colored to me...lighter than RLM 82. Thoughts?