Bf 109G-10 Erla Yellow 5

Jim J
I decided it was time for a late war 109 and Eduard's new Wilde Sau kit has some nice options for Erla G-10s. The main build is complete with no issues and it's time for painting. I selected Yellow 5, which Eduard depicts as a solid green RLM 81, but I'm going to paint a low contrast dark green and brown RLM 81 camo pattern. Here are some photos of the office and priming steps, including the metal finish on the underside of the wings. Weathering will be very light since this plane was manufactured just before the end of hostilities and was probably grounded most of the time.

Guillaume Blanchet
Superb interior!

Murad ÖZER
here! 🙂

Simon Nagorsnik
I'm sure it will be a beauty from you again!
you have already made a good start with the cockpit!

Niels C
Nice one Jim, looking forward to the result!

Christian Abraham
Great progress so far

Rui S
I'm in 😎 looking good as always

Jim J
Thanks mates for the encouraging comments. Much appreciated.

The main camo is now complete. I used Mr. Color RLM 83 for the green and a 3:2 mix of Mr. Color RLM 81 and Red Brown for the brown color. My target was to minimize contrast between the colors when viewed in B&W and this combo worked perfectly. I kept the fading and shading to a minimum since the aircraft was just out of the showroom. I reused a set of Montex masks for the crosses and masked off and painted the wing walk lines. The blue-white-blue RV band was painted before the camo and masked over.

Time for a gloss coat and decals.

Thanks for looking.

Alan G
Working your magic again Jim. Loving it

Jim J
Thanks Alan.

Jim J
Yellow 5 is now complete. Since the last update, I applied gloss coat, the decals (mostly stencils), an oil panel line wash and basic weathering. After some light touch ups I added the final assemblies and it's done. Thanks for looking.

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic work Jim!! Cockpit is amazing, your overall work also. Like the paint job and the restraint weathering.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wonderful, what a beautiful result! I appreciate the model like the photographs

Charlie Spitfire
the cockpit is soo detailed

Sebastian Meyner
Great work Jim! I love the subtle weathering 👍 👍 👍 ...after all at war's end this bird wasn't that old.

Niels C
Perfect result! Everything is spot on!

Niels C
@Jim I'm wondering what camera U are using.

Eelco Gregoire
Great! I really love the colors.

Neuling
Another stunner from your bench .......

Jim J
Thanks Mates for the warm comments. I glad you like the result on this one.
@Niels, I use a Fujifilm XT-1 for the photos.

Niels C
@Jim, thats a serious camera. Thanks! Keep them coming!

Jim J
Thanks Niels. Glad you like it.

Jim J
All: Thanks again for the comments. As a quick update on this model, it was able to achieve a silver medal at IPMS Jaxcon on February 9, 2022. Thanks again.