I was able to sit down and get some paint work done last night. I'm building this subject, Alfred Grislawski's JG 50 mount. JG 50 were a specialized unit whose purpose was to combat the British Mosquito, which were becoming a real pain in the you know what for the Reich. More on him later....
Anyways, I preshaded the panel lines then sprayed the underside nose yellow. I used XF-3 Flat Yellow with a few drops of XF-7 Flat Red for color intensity.....it works.
I also painted the tail white then taped those areas off. Next I fired down the RLM 76. I'm out of Gunze so I had to mix it from Tamiya. I used 2 parts XF-23 Light Blue, 2 parts XF-66 Light Grey, and the 7 parts XF-2 Flat White, per Tamiya recommendation I located online. It looks ok to my eye.
Next I sprayed the wings and upper fuselage Gunze RLM 75. Gunze sprays like silk with their own thinner. It does take longer to dry than Tamiya though, so you have to be careful in handling.......in my case a slight annoyance.
Next I used blue tac rolled into "worms" to mark off the demarcation lines. I used the instructions as a reference on how the pattern should go. I then sprayed the Gunze RLM 74. I'm simply in awe of the surface detail on this kit and it's some of the best I've ever seen, so I decided to forego my normal condensation streaking which felt would detract from it. I did add a touch of XF-2 to the 74 to sun fade it just a bit. I added the 74/75 mottling then gave everything a postshade. I, and the 7 parts XF-2 Flat White, per Tamiya recommendation. I added more XF-1 to the postshade and then put down the black Daimler Benz sooty exhaust stains which are so prominent on the Bf 109.
The underside. I grunged it up with a postshade.
Time to start on the little stuff....