Eduard 1/48 Bf 109K-4 Wr Nr 330130
I received this Weekend Edition kit as a Christmas present. As I looking online for help with K-4 camouflage stumbled across Wr Nr 330130 and its crazy tight squiggle demarcation for the top colors on the fuselage. So decided to try and recreate it. Kit was OOB except the seatbelts which are Airwaves PE and the EZ Line wire for the antenna.
This kit was built in parallel with the Fw 190D-13 so shares many of the same colors. The fuselage side splotches are Brown-Violet. For the off color 76 on the fuselage, Sky Type S looked close so used that. Wings are 74/75/76. Fuselage is in late war colors.
Markings and stencils came from the kit or spares box. Except the Wr Nr, had zero white numbers that small so took a gamble and ordered a 1/144th decal sheet of Luftwaffe numbers. Luckily it worked out and even manage to get the last digit to overlap.
Awesome scheme.
You did a wonderful paint job.
Alfred @alfred
Thank you, it was a rewarding challenge.
Bizarre...I love it
George @blackadder57
Thanks. Since the colors are very open to speculation late in the war, I let my imagination run wild imagining all these little waldwerks painting parts with what paints were on hand.
Looks great.
Thanks Mark @markhedrick.
Overall, a fun build.
Excellent result and a very unique scheme, David!
Spiros @fiveten
That means a lot, thank you. I have to wonder if any other fuselages were painted in a similar pattern or did one waldwerk have an artist who got away with it once?
Very beautiful work painting this model.
Jay @ssgt
Thanks!
Great result, David @kahu
Indeed a very interesting scheme which you applied beautifully.
John @johnb
Thanks. I seem to have good luck with Vallejo acrylics which provided most of the colors.
Very neat. A close match to the photograph David. Nice one 👍
Guy @thom
Thanks for the compliment, it means I succeeded in my intent. Though I think I shall skip trying such a crazy scheme again for a while.
David Odenwald (@kahu)
This looks incredible ! These late war Luftwaffe subjects are so cool, and they have plenty of different options to choose from. They are right up there with the Yellow Wings era and JG-54 as far as markings and colors go.
You nailed it. I’m going to “borrow” your idea for masking when I decide to do one like this.
Well done my friend.
Louis @lgardner
Thank. Masking looked to be the only solution. But it left a ridge because I wasn't careful painting and then I forgot to try and sand it down before applying decals.
Still happy with how it turned out while adding more experience for late war Luftwaffe.
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Very nice. Wonder how the painter masked that up in real life!
Chris @champagnecrc
I know, it would have been a lot of work.
Nicely done - that is a unique look with the squiggle demarkation line!
Thanks Greg @gkittinger.
Yep, it is an eye catcher.