Thanks for the comments everyone! The painting continues! After the Alclad is used at the wing roots, this area is given a couple coats of hairspray (decanted from an aerosol spray and sprayed through an airbrush). This will allow me to produce paint chipping effects afterward.
I've accented some bottom wing panels with a different shade of Alclad (Dark Aluminum) just to break up the monotony of a uniform metal surface.
Once that's done, I mask the metallic wing portions to prepare for the camo painting. I've done something a little different with the preshading. In addition to highlighting the panel lines, I've filled the panels with random doodles to give the overlaying camo finish a little more depth. If you recall, I did this to the drop tank and liked the results so I'm applying it over the entire aircraft. It looks kinda crazy but rest assured, it will start disappearing once I start spraying the camo colors. In fact, my main worry is that the top colors (74/74) will completely overpower the preshading.
Ahhh... but before that, I have forgotten about the fuselage bands. I determined that it would be easier to paint the bands prior to the camo. The dark blue is very transparent and needs to be built up with multiple coats.
The fuselage bands are masked off and the light blue (76) is sprayed on. I am using VERY thin coats for the camo colors (thinner/paint ratio of 4/1 or more) to have more control of the preshading effect. Photography doesn't capture the preshading effects very well... it's subtle but it is there.
I've added some postshading to the bottom of the wing...
After the light blue has dried, I mask the trademark wavy demarcation line along the front edges of the wings. The masks are strips of Tamiya tape free cut slowly with an X-Acto knife.
The light gray was the most tedious to spray. It is similar to the primer coat so it is difficult to keep track of.
After the light gray, the dark gray is sprayed on. Other than the leading edges of the wings, no masks were used.
A brush moistened with water is used to produce some paint chipping. I've kept the chipping light to reflect the grounded state of many of these late war 109G-10's.
Here's what the paint looks like so far.