"Beginners guide to British and German Fighters?" Topic

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Field Marshal	26 Apr 2009 8:46 p.m. PST
I am about to paint some Spitfires, Hurricanes, ME109s and FW190s in 1:300. Is there somewhere online i can get an idea on the simplest way to paint them? cheers Jason
Allen57	26 Apr 2009 9:39 p.m. PST
This is a russian site with mostly profiles but shows lots of color schemes. wp.scn.ru I would also suggest the Yahoo groups Air-pirates link 1-600thMinatureAircraftWargaming link and AirWarSoc link While you have to join the Yahoo groups their photo sections can be a great help.
boggler	27 Apr 2009 4:11 a.m. PST
The Raiden Miniatures site has some helpful painting guidelines for 1.300 scale aircraft: link The old Airfix modellers guides to the RAF and Luftwaffe are also very good. Try ebay. I can also recommend the various aircraft modelling magazines you can buy e.g. SAM, Scale Aircraft Modelling etc, as they often feature detailed colour profiles and information on specific types.
boggler	27 Apr 2009 4:38 a.m. PST
The relevant airfix camouflage guides are No10 (Luftwaffe), No11 (RAF) and No18 (USAAF).
boggler	27 Apr 2009 4:42 a.m. PST
The SAM Camouflage and Markings Scale Aircraft Monograph books are also very good. There are a couple on the BoB.
Binhan Lin	30 Apr 2009 12:24 p.m. PST
As a note, the British were very organized and used only a few patterns of camoflauge pattern on the top as they were sprayed on at the factory so if you find one pattern, you can apply it to all the aircraft. I believe that the Spitfire and Hurricane had the same pattern on top. I don't recall if the Germans had a similar system but they probably did, so for all factory paint jobs, the camo pattern would be the same. Field application of paint probably varied between squadtons. --Binhan
werwulf	10 May 2009 7:02 p.m. PST
It also depends on the period you are gaming. Early war British aircraft had the "Temperate Day" scheme which was Brown and green camo with Sky under surfaces. This was later changed to just the "Day Fighter" scheme comprising of Green and Grey with light grey under surfaces. This site will help with Scheme and Colors. jpsmodell.de/dc/main_e.htm The same is true for German aircraft, though early war, the camo's were pretty much standard. Late in the war they became MUCH more varied. Again the above link will provide camo views and color info.