Hi fellows!!!
I´m bouilding a Trumpeter 1:32 Bf109E-4, the famous Adolf Galland version and instructions point that wings are a RLM74 & RLM75 color scheme.
Well, I´ve seen those colors in Gunze and are two dark greens pretty similar, while in Vallejo Model Air those colors are two very dark greys, very hard to distinguish any difference between them.
But when I find any images about that model I find three diferent schemes:
1- Two greys (middle and light grey):
2- Two greens:
3- Light grey and dark green:
Could anyone please help me? What is the correct scheme?
I´m planning to use Vallejo Model Air, could you please tell me the scheme in this brand?
Many thanks to all!!!
I have read that the scheme on that aircraft at that time may have been a field mix, and possibly the basis for upcoming 74/75/76 scheme. The factory applied 74/75/76 scheme did not appear until 1941. 109E’s from the factory were being delivered in the 02/71/65 scheme in 1940 and side mottling was added at the units during the Battle of Britain period to better blend with conditions. Galland flew a few different 109Es during the Summer/Fall of 1940 and the earlier mounts almost certainly would have been in 65/02/71. His later aircraft had the Grays, but the question then is if they were custom field mixes, or an early application of the new colors.
This article has a good explanation of Bf-109E camouflage schemes worn at that time.
http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/index800.htm