Continuing with the excellent Ju-88 decals sheets is this one that covers G-1 night fighters and Mistels. All of these are BMW powered. There are seven schemes on the sheet and unless mentioned, the aircraft are in overall RLM 76. For kits, you have the AIMS 1/72 Ju-88G as the most accurate representation of this aircraft. There is also the AMT G-6 kit  that can be done as a G-1 with the inclusion of AIMS BMW engines or update set, and perhaps (though I'm not positive) Italeri has done a G-6 as well. As of this writing, there is no dedicated Mistel 2 kit in this scale. All the night fighters have the 'staghorn' antenna array with white tips on the lower antenna (to keep people from bumping into them).

First up is one with a light upper fuselage mottling of RLM 75. This 7./NJG 2 aircraft was the one that accidentally landed in the UK during mid-1944.

From Jagdstaffel Noregen comes this very clean looking G-1. If mottled, it is so light as to be nearly imperceptible in photos.

This II/NJG 2 aircraft is from the spring of 1945 and has very light grey codes and insignia.

The final night fighter is from 1./NJG 4. Again, any mottling is very light.

The first mistel  has a lightly mottled lower composite. No camo info is given at all for the upper composite, though they all seem to be in RLM 74/75/76. The FW-190 variant seems to be an A-8 due to the 'blown' canopy carried on all of them.

The next mistel has a heavily mottled Ju-88G with previous codes overpainted in RLM 02. Note that both parts of this composite have the number '50' in the middle of the fuselage insignia.

Finally, a mistel that has been heavily mottled on the upper surfaces in a dark grey. Even the mounting braces are mottled. Note that on all these composities, the FW-190 was basically unarmed to reduce weight. This 190 has what appears to be an unpainted metal center section to the lower wing.

As with all AIMS decals, there is a reference given for each scheme. This sheet has enough insignia to do most aircraft and also includes some additional decals for antenna mounts and the like. A very nice addition and a fine sheet.

March 2005

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