What's on my desk? Part 75.

Hi!

There are still open spots for the airbrush workshop of 22/06. Send me a message to register.

My Tamiya representative paid a visit last week. Not a lot of news, but there was one welcome announcement: T-shirts! They will be white, with a big Tamiya logo on the chest, available in sizes L and XL. Expected August/September. I have a few on order, but if you want to be sure to get one, please let me know, so I can order enough.  

 

On to the build. I've been painting my Bf108 (last seen in blog 70). I've chosen the pre-war camouflage scheme of RLM 61-62-63 and 65. 

Tiny history lesson: RLM is the abbreviation for 'Reichsluftfahrtministerium', the nazi Department of Aviation. Amongst other things, they designed the camouflage patterns and colours for German Air Force planes, which is where these colour codes come from. The colours and patterns changed throughout the war, and for some colours we can only guesstimate today what they looked like. 

The bottom of the aircraft is RLM65, a light blue colour. No problems there. For the topside I started with RLM63, the grey colour. It's supposedly Vallejo 71.260, but that looked very dark, so I lightened it with Insignia White. The pattern is straight, hard edge splinter camo, easy to mask using Tamiya tape. Next colour to go on was the green RLM62, for which I used Ammo-Mig 0065 ('Forest Green'). Once dry this was masked again for the last colour: RLM61, Ammo-Mig-0110 ('SCC1A British Brown'):

By the time all four colours are airbrushed, we have a plane almost covered in masking tape:
Time to peel all the tape off, and the camo appears:
Some areas need a bit of cleaning up/respraying where the paint crept under the tape. The walkways on the wing roots were sprayed in a light-ish grey. It's then time for a gloss coat, which prepares the plane for decalling and weathering. As you can see, it's really shiny at this point:
The markings on the side have already been applied:
The wing crosses still need to be added, then the landing gear installed and then it's on to weathering!
See you next week!

 

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