Not quite yet but getting there! Mr. Crandall pointed out that the gear covers were the wrong color. I just posted this response:Floki wrote:It's all looking good! Getting closer to the painting stage it looks like.
Point taken and acknowledged. Thank you Jerry! I must say at this point that I am most likely going to deviate from the specific color recommendations found in your wonderful book, which I own and treasure. I also have both volumes of the JaPo 190D books, which I also like very much. There are differences in opinion in this these two great books and I cannot say that one is right and the other is wrong. They both seem to have great insights in their analyses and both are worth considering. The choices that I make on this build are my own and based on my (admittedly limited) knowledge and interpretation of resources that I have access to. I make no claims that my build represents historical accuracy... it's just a personal interpretation of what Yellow 10 MIGHT have looked like.
My plan, as of now, is to paint the upper wings RLM 74/75 with the 74 wrapping under to the forward wing bottoms. The base color for the fuselage will 76/81/82, similar to this color profile of 836016, one of the other recorded D-13's...
I understand that the above profile is purely speculative since the only photo of 836016 is black and white and only shows the aircraft from the double chevron marking back. My placement of the 81/82 will be different as I want the lighter 82 around the canopy/windscreen/cowling as I agree with Crandall's assertion that the mottle pattern on the area in front of the windscreen is dark on light rather than light on dark as proposed by JaPo. After the base camo is established, a random mottle pattern using 82/83 will be placed over all of the upper surfaces.
That's the plan... for now anyway.