Scale aviation modeller international

masked with the pre-cut set

provided in the ProfiPak. No filler

was required anywhere on the

airframe and no problems were

encountered up to this point in

the build, despite the number of

extras that had been added.

NATURAL COLOURING

A dark brown enamel shadow coat

was sprayed over the airframe and

a yellow band added around the

rear fuselage once the base coat

had dried. Period photographs

of the aircraft show this band to

have been partially overpainted,

so painting it first would allow

me to easily overpaint it when

applying the fuselage colours.

The first of these was RLM

from the Colourcoats range of

enamels. Covering the majority

of the airframe, this pleasing pale

blue grey was applied panel by

panel, beginning at the centre of

each and working to its edge, thus

leaving hints of the shadow coat

showing along each panel edge.

An overall dusting of RLM76 then

gave the underside and fuselage

sides a uniformly worn appearance,

creating added depth to what may

otherwise have been a bright but

featureless expanse of light grey.

Using torn paper masks to

recreate the wavy, soft-edged

camouflage demarcation line

along the upper fuselage, both

the airframe and the separate

cowling panels were painted in

RLM75 Grauviolett. Once the

initial shade had dried, this was

followed by RLM74, the darker

of the two greys (both grey

tones were once again from the

Colourcoats range of enamels).

Weathering was applied at

this stage by adding slightly

lighter versions of the original

camouflage colours. Lightened

pale blue grey panels were applied

to the lower wings to recreate the

overpainted white identification

bands. These are clearly

visible in the several wartime

photographs of Oblt. Schnell’s

Yellow 4, and are also indicated

in the Eduard painting guide.

With the camouflage colours

thoroughly dry, the airframe

was further weathered by adding

a darkened enamel wash to

the hinge lines of the ailerons,

elevators, and access hatches,

but I avoided the majority of

panel lines to prevent my Fw

appearing toy-like when finished.

GARNISH

The one thing that in my mind lets

Eduard’s latest releases down are

the home-produced decal sheets;

these replaced the Cartograf sheets

that were at one time to be found in

all ProfiPak releases as standard,

and can now only be found in the

premiere ”Royal” releases.

Eduard’s decals tend to be rather

crudely printed in comparison,

with over-thick lines, oversized

stencilling, and often somewhat

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