The third 190D-9 sheet  in this series and contains three earlier build aircraft. These are without the rather odd color combinations that later aircraft were seen with.  In 1/72, you have a lot of models on which these will fit from Academy, Airfix, Tamiya and Italeri to name three. These are fitted for the Hasegawa kit, but aside from tail bands, it should be OK for the others. Since this is a 1/72 sheet, it includes full insignia and data markings for them all.

First up is Yellow 2 from JG 2. It has RLM83 on the fuselage and 75/83 on the wings with RLM 76 undersides. There is no fuselage mottling, but the empennage has mottling in RLM 82.

Black 5 appears to be from JG 26 though the instructions don't specify any unit. It is in RLM 75/83/76, a pretty normal scheme for these planes. As with the previous entry, it has an RLM 82 mottled tail section.

Finally an early 190D-9 with the 'flat' canopy. Blue 2 is from IV./JG 3 and in RLM 75/83/76 with mottling in RLM 75/83. The rear fuselage band has been overpainted in RLM 75.

As with the previous sheets, a reference is provided for all the scheme so you can compare notes if you wish to do so. This 2003 sheet is very nicely done by an Italian decal maker, probably Cartograf.

June 2011

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