I do the spirals by useing the decal as a template and make a masking tape copy and spray it,then peel the spiral mask off. I have never had any luck with the decals looking right.
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Sod Trabert,I'm going back to Klaus Grothues' machine which,according to Lorant and Goyat,via EagleCals, had "possible crude partial spinner spiral but not conclusive". That I'll interpret as no spinner spiral....Simples!
The only other snag is the upper surface camouflage. "RLM74 with either RLM75 or RLM83". That will be RLM83 then as I've done tons of the standard 74/75 schemes and I quite like RLM83.
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What a cop out Steve, I am shocked :laughing:Comment
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Oh yes! That's all part of the fun of doing an aircraft for which there is very little evidence. Of course the day after I finish the model some beautifully detailed photos will appear in an evil bay auction showing a lovely partial spiral on "Yellow 1" LOL.Originally posted by \
BTW your Fw190 spinner spiral shows that it can be done very nicely!
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The green 3 rung a bell somewhere, popped into the loft and here is the model amongst my stash, with the tank paint damage,
But not much use now you have bottled it...lol.....Comment
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I have haven't I. If "Green 3" had red undercarriage legs,which must be a distinct possibility as it's an AS and was presumably MW50 equipped (needing C3 fuel) I can still change my mind. However in the B+W pictures of "Green 3" I'm not sure they look dark enough to be red.....that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it lol.Originally posted by \
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Steve, I don't think there will be many people who have a clue what you are talking about, me included, so you can probably get away with just about anything. I must admit though if Graham can get a spiral to look as good as that with a transfer then I'd be tempted to have a go.Comment
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I struck very lucky Richard, very lucky. Before I attempted it, I thought up at least four excuses I could use for it not being on. However, the Gods of spinner spirals smiled down on me (in reality they said "let him get away with this one and we will have fun ruining his life with his Cross of Iron GB")Comment
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Blimey Steve, I had to dig a few books out to decipher your info....lol
In 1944 a series of engines was introduced, allowing the engine to run on the 100 octane "C3" fuel and optionally including fittings for various optional power-boosting agent dispensing systems, such as the MW50 methanol-water system.Comment
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Yep,and crucially for a period until the later motors (introduced from November 1944) that could run the MW50 boost system and run on either C3 or the lower octane B4 fuel some aircraft were marked with red undercarriage legs and wheel hubs to indicate C3 fuel only. This was in addition to the familiar "fuel triangles". I've always wanted a red legged Bf109 on the shelf so Trabert's machine may have to wait for another day.
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