W.I.P. pics of new projects....

[eatthis]

the overall silhouette is similer to a big sabre but alas no theres no sabre parts in it.
heres a big clue the wings are the same scale as the rest

[matrixone]

More painting done on my 1/72 scale Arado Ar234P-1, as you can see the scribble pattern was sprayed on, this was done all in one 45 minute session.
Painting the fuselage near the inside of the engine nacelles and the inner engine nacelles about drove me crazy!   There is hardly any room to work with and I wanted badly to keep the scribble size to scale.
Extreme concentration was needed here.


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[eatthis]

that camo is BRILLIANT 

[matrixone]

Thanks eathis,
There are a couple goofs I have to correct before I can finish up painting the rest of the camo pattern...after painting this scribble pattern I won't be painting anything else today. Too tired!

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[Ed S]

This is starting to remind me of the IL40 "Brawny". Looking forward to more of this.

Ed

[NARSES2]

that camo is BRILLIANT 

Totally agree 

[eatthis]

This is starting to remind me of the IL40 "Brawny". Looking forward to more of this.

Ed

me goes to google il40 

[eatthis]

wow that engine layout is what i had in my head to start with but i dont have anything suitable i could chop up 

it wouldve looked very similer to the il40 despite me never having seen 1 before

[matrixone]

More painting done on the He 162, the distinctive curved color demarcation line on the fuselage is on there because I am building this model as a He 162 that was built by Junkers at Bernburg. No worries though, this WILL be a what-if when its done.


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[Captain Canada]

Nice work on the camo pattern !

[matrixone]

Thanks Captain Canada,
The engine nacelle was painted earlier today as well as one of the colors for the upper surfaces on the B & V P.194.

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[PR19_Kit]

Did the colour schemes vary depending on where the airframes were built then? That sounds very un-WWII era German! 

[The Wooksta!]

Towards the end, yes.  The various sub assemblies were painted in their camo and brought to a central location for assembly.  It's quite evident with some late Bf 109Ks and He 162s.

[matrixone]

Kit,
Producers of late war aircraft (mostly fighters) relied on subcontractors to try and keep up aircraft production numbers since many of the larger factories were bombed out parts were sometimes painted in non-standard colors or distinctive camouflage patterns.

For example, the Fw 190D-9 was produced by several different companies and each had their own version of the standard camouflage pattern they painted on the fuselages making it possible to later identify where the aircraft was built even if the W.Nr. is not visible in photographs.
Also since the wings were built by a separate subcontractor they could have totally different colors than the fuselage, the Doras built by Mimetall often had late war green colors on the fuselage but the wings were painted in the mid war gray 74/75 colors.

The He 162 also had distinctive fuselage color demarcation lines that differed from company to company. What I find interesting is that not a single He 162 was painted in the prescribed official camouflage pattern, most wore a single upper surface color of green over pale RLM 76. Engine nacelles could be either one of the late war greens or RLM 81.


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[matrixone]

Some results of the painting done lately.




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