Heinkel He 100 - Part II

Some months ago I posted a bit about the Heinkel He 100, including some rough stats for Check Your 6! You can see that post HERE. Also, I have created a scenario, titled The Factory Defense Unit, which utilizes the He 100, that can be found on the Downloads page. 

A beautiful replica at the Planes of Fame Museum

I finally pulled out some planes that needed a coat of primer, including the Heinkels. The details on the Table Top Flights planes really pop once primer has been applied (in this case I used Tamiya Fine Surface Light Gray). 

With primer in place...

...and with a thin coat of Vallejo Air Schwarzgrün.

I need to do a bit of cleanup of a few nubs on the planes before adding more coats of paint. I have found that I like using the Vallejo Air series - while the Air line is intended for airbrushes, I have found that using this thinner paint with a brush works well and avoids some of the issues of a thicker acrylics, if one does not mind doing a few coats. 

Above we have a second coat of Schwarzgrün applied, and a couple of relatively sloppy coats of Hellblau applied to the undersurfaces. A third coat of  Schwarzgrün will be added and at that time I will clean up the delineation between the upper and lower surfaces.

Now the third coat has been applied to the upper surfaces, and ready for the RLM71 Dunkelgrün splinter pattern after some touchup.

I am not enamored with the Vallejo Dunkelgrün from a color perspective - it is barely discernable and the color seems "off" a bit. My splinter pattern is fairly random and probably not very historical in appearance, but as one needs to look closely to even notice, I am not overly concerned. I have painted the exhaust pipes in natural steel, and have added a bit more touchup to the undersurfaces, while adding in my typical light blue canopy (Foundry Bavarian Cornflower Blue Shade 73C).

Next step is to order decals. I do want to obtain white numbers along with some sort of squadron insignia. I might go full on hypothetical by using some Sieben Schwaben Spiele Decals from their Dockfighters range.