Hello!
I’m building a Focke-Wulf 190D-9 Dora of the JV44 Squadron, and would like to know who, in your collective expert opinions, makes the best and most accurate RLM colors. I have the ModelMaster paints, but there seems to be a bit of dispute, specifically regarding RLM 82 (Dunkelgrun) and RLM 83 (Lichtgrun or Hellgrun)–I’ve also seen RLM 82 as “light green”, so I find a bit of confusion regarding those two colors. I would like to stick with enamels if I can. How about White Ensign paints–anyone use those for Luftwaffe colors?
Also–what was the usual primer color for the Luftwaffe fighters, especially the Focke-Wulf?
Thank you!
I find the ModelMaster enamels to be fairly accurate. Luftwaffe primer color was RLM02.
Regards, Rick
What about polyscale or humbrol…(happen to like humbrol for european colors)
I’ve heard good things about Humbrol in general… nothing about their RLM colors either positive or negative… IPMS Stockholm seems to hold them in high regard as all their color charts reference Himbrol colors to whatever other companies colors they are comparing…
I think all of them will have one or two colors off what they should be… Gunze has a RLM79 Sandgelb that looks closer to dark earth. I use Color of Eagles (Vallejo acrylics repackaged) and MM Enamels for my RLM colors and have had no problems with either. The Color of Eagles paints are a tiny bit lighter than the reference color to help diminish the scale effect, but the color itself is usually right on…
I tend to think there was always some variation in real-world paint lots anyway, so I don’t sweat it too much. The ModelMaster colors say they are what they are, so I believe 'em :).
If you want to try an alternative, there’s these guys:
http://www.aircraftcolors.com/german.html
They’re associated with Aeromaster & eagle Strike Decals here:
http://www.aeromaster.com/
Thank you for your help, everyone…right now, I’m sweating with detailing the cockpit, so I have a bit of time. I think I’ll stick with the ModelMaster paints, although some of the references I’ve looked at for the 190D-9 Dora JV44 Red One seem possibly to have RLM 83 and RLM 84 switched. I shall continue to research. Thanks!
The last aircraft i finished before i came over to Austria was a fw 190 d9 in a .82/83/76 scheme.I finished mine in Gunze colours and they seemed to be pretty accurate.( although i did find the light green to be to dark once dried) 82 and 83 greens seem to mix the numbers around depending on which brand of paint you have. model master called theirs" 83 light green "and gunze calls theirs “82 light green” Just pay attention to the wording when it comes to these colours and you cant go wrong; plus be sure to check your references. If your going with enamels then i would stick with model master as thats my personal preference. As with many ww 2 subjects colour can sometimes be quite ambiguous and you can always tint , lighten or darken the colours to your personl taste. There are alot o variables affecting how colours should look(so its not always easy to prove that your model is wrong or right for that matter ) so do what looks right to you based on your research. Best of luck with your 190 !!!..Peter.
I like to use these Model Master RLM’s… I like the semi-gloss finish… the bad point of Model Master is that they don’t make some colors like RLM 22 , RLM and RLM 84…