Official Messerschmitt Bf110 Painting Thread

**Thomatchef** · 06-13-2013 12:06

Well after some time of complete inactivity I finally found some time to do one of my planned repaints. This time I repainted one of the new Bf110. Thanks to Nightbomber I also found the appropriate decals so none had to be made myself. The plane was first stripped of its original decals and most of the paint and was then painted in dark gray. Afterwards a coat of white acrylic was applied in such way that the grey still shined a bit through. In order to complete that dirty white look I gave it a wash with black enamel paint. Small detail were painted by hand like the exhaust and red ring on the spinners. Added the decals (Shed decals and 144 Direct) afterwards and a final mat coat sealed those in place.

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Ready to blow some of those Yak's out of the skies....

**Marechallannes** · 06-13-2013 12:15

Fantastic model, Thomas!

You did a great job.

The details on the upper side of the wings... perfect!

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 06-13-2013 12:17

A superb job you made of it too Thomas.
I can see I have a lot of catching up to do as far as WWII is concerned.
Rob.

**Baron Rolf** · 06-13-2013 12:23

Thomas you've done a fabulous paint job on your Messerschmitt , I look forward to seeing it in action in an AAR very soon.

**grumpybear** · 06-13-2013 19:09

Very nice

**pflanzer** · 06-13-2013 19:23

Very nice job Thomas. Looks great!
Tony

**flash** · 06-14-2013 03:03

That's a beauty Tom

**Thomatchef** · 06-17-2013 23:33

Originally Posted by Marechallannes

Fantastic model, Thomas!

You did a great job.

The details on the upper side of the wings... perfect!

The upper half was actually the only thing I repainted. The bottom part I left in the original color. I only trimmed off the external fuel tanks and changed the letters fromn D to A.

@ Rob: I'm sure you'll catch up in an instant.

**kaufschtick** · 09-05-2013 22:57

Well, these are 1/144 scale. I think the mold was a Chinese unofficial copy of the old Minicraft Me-110. When I bought these, Me-110s were virtually impossible to find in 1/144 scale. I saw these on E-Bay, the brand was MiniHobby, and the cover art was so atrocious that I almost considered not buying them. But there were no other options open to me at the time. I bought them for $5 USD each, with another $5 each for shipping. They must have come from the backwoods of deep interior China, because they took all of an entire month to arrive! I've heard of the slow boat, but come on! LOL!

Molds: Terrible to Un-buildable
Decales: Hideous
Cover art: Criminal

Not other options, so I got to work on them. Took forever, but I was able to make something playable. When I get the right decales (I had zero extra at the time), I plan on re-decaling over the german crosses. In fact, I already have one additional Me-110 I bought in the recent Minicraft re-release, and I need one more. All I want new ones for, is the decales to redo these.

Not great, but considering the molds I had to work with, I was happy with how they turned out.

**Blackronin** · 01-04-2014 11:08

My AIM Me-110's waited almost an year to see they're faces painted.
I was late but true to my promise to them.

The Me-110 may not be the best twin engine fighter, but it has a special place in my heart.

Zerstörer! Zerstörer! Zerstörer!

Old enemies dinning together at my table!

**Lt. S.Kafloc** · 01-04-2014 16:51

Oh come on guys, you're spoiling me now. Great paint jobs. Thomas one of the most realistic repaints I've seen, superb. Now...do I need ME110's?

**fast.git** · 01-04-2014 17:33

Outstanding paint jobs, everyone!

**7eat51** · 01-04-2014 19:04

Originally Posted by fast.git

Outstanding paint jobs, everyone!

I agree. I really admire the talent of all you who do minis. Your games must look great, and the fun it must be to reproduce specific paint schemes. Well done.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 01-05-2014 08:54

Much better than the official scheme Quim.
Rob.

**Blackronin** · 01-05-2014 08:57

Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte

Much better than the official scheme Quim.
Rob.

I really appreciate your words, Rob. They come from good hands.

**Nightbomber** · 01-06-2014 13:06

Not as fine as the others here, but I have just converted a desert Zerstorer into my wingman's Sven personal plame

- look at the "s" id letter...

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**fast.git** · 01-06-2014 13:13

A subtle job, but well done.

**Captain Chum** · 01-06-2014 13:27

That's cool Andrzej. Everyone should have a personal plane.

**7eat51** · 01-06-2014 13:31

Andrzej, that is exceptional. You are a true and loyal wingman.

**fast.git** · 01-06-2014 13:43

Originally Posted by Captain Chum

That's cool Andrzej. Everyone should have a personal plane.

Originally Posted by 7eat51

Andrzej, that is exceptional. You are a true and loyal wingman.

The more I wrap my mind around it, the cooler that Me110 gets.

Thanks, lads, for the education!

**Blackronin** · 01-06-2014 14:47

Excellent plane, Andy! And very nice to have Sven playing at your table some hundred miles away.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 01-06-2014 14:55

I have yet to personalize any of my WWII aircraft. They are still in too short supply, but I suspect that my Stringbags may get the treatment.
Rob.

**Blackronin** · 01-06-2014 14:57

Stringbags!!
I need stringbags!!
But just in February...
Christmas broke me...

Snif...

And Betty's!! Oh Betty's!! I need Betty's so much...
Mummy?!...

**Marechallannes** · 03-04-2015 02:56

Originally Posted by Nightbomber

Not as fine as the others here, but I have just converted a desert Zerstorer into my wingman's Sven personal plame

- look at the "s" id letter...

Nearly nine month later, Hauptmann Schneider found out that there is a personalized Bf.110 ready for action in North Africa.

Sorry comrade, this was unfortunately ignored during the troublesome days between Prague Summer Con 2014 and Origins 2014.

An nice gesture and this plane is in good company of Lt. Andrzej's desert Spitfire.

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ainting-thread

**Marechallannes** · 03-04-2015 03:12

I prepared another plane for the Prague Summer Con 2015.

It's a Bf.110 G version night fighter.

I used an original Ares Games miniature. Without getting rid of the decals I covered the plane with primer and repainted it.

The camouflage and the decal combination was randomly choosen. So is the underside painted black. Maybe a little bit unommon for 1943 - 1944 night fighters, but you would be surprised how many Luftwaffe night fighter camouflage schemas there were.

I didn't built antennas for the Lichtenstein Gerät like I did for my Ju88 nightfighter. I wanted a playable miniature.

Here you can see the undetected approach of the Bf.110 G versus a British Lancaster bomber during a night raid. The pilot tries to shot down the 4-engined intruder with his Schräge Musik armament. ( I know - the base of the mini points in the wrong direction)

**grumpybear** · 03-04-2015 03:17

I like the squiggle camo nice job Sven

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 03-04-2015 03:28

That is an exceedingly tasteful camo scheme Sven, and so beautifully executed. it makes your night scheme look much better than the original night schemes of these aircraft.
Rob.

**flash** · 03-04-2015 04:00

That looks 'the business' Sven - well done

**Guntruck** · 03-04-2015 05:06

Nice paint job Sven

**Nightbomber** · 03-04-2015 08:27

A very good and exact repaint Sven. Not only the greys are right, but the pattern is accurate.

**Jager** · 03-04-2015 09:54

Very attractive, Sven. By hand again?

Karl

**andron234** · 04-03-2015 05:09

Good looking paint job Sven

**Muerto** · 01-29-2016 08:01

Hi folks,

Without any twin-engine Soviet planes to purchase, I did up a captured Bf.110. From what I read (or rather, what Google translate reads for me) at this website -
http://lib.rus.ec/b/205944/read
five C variants were bought under Molotov–Ribbentrop, and several G variants were captured from Romania.

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And with a slightly tarted-up Yak-1

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Markings are somewhat speculative based on the low-quality photos on that website, the style of other Soviet planes from the time, and my personal taste for the late-war roundel and a match with the Yak.

**Nightbomber** · 01-29-2016 08:32

A quite historical repaint job, Paul. Well done. That is something to be considered for my EF collection. Thanks for inspiration.

**Naharaht** · 01-29-2016 10:14

Great painting, Thomas, Rob, Joaquim, Andrzej, Sven and Paul!

**Blackronin** · 01-29-2016 11:39

Excellent repaint! Bravo!
REP!

**Marechallannes** · 01-29-2016 12:52

An alternative for Soviet heavy fighters.

**Копилот** · 01-30-2016 13:12

Great repaint!

**Caveman** · 01-30-2016 14:52

Just browsed this page. Great job everyone. There is a nice variety of liveries.

**the black devil** · 11-20-2018 17:50

hello every one first time painting a model, found this at a goodwill gave it a new paintjob but here it is

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also if it was hard to see it is because I took the photos on my computer

**the black devil** · 11-20-2018 17:52

it is not historicaly accurate as I have used STUG.iii tank decals

**milcoll73** · 11-20-2018 18:48

nice! wish i could find suitable minis at goodwill!

**Caveman** · 11-20-2018 19:12

Nice job Esa. Keep up the new painting hobby.

**HotleadColdfeet** · 11-20-2018 21:32

Nice! Picking that up at a Goodwill was a find indeed!

I like the black...makes it look sleek, like a killer shark.

**the black devil** · 11-20-2018 21:37

thanks the black is the only coulor able to cover the marker $4 aus for it maneuver cards and stand no altitude pegs

but have plenty in the collection

**the black devil** · 02-24-2019 16:03

need to do a clean up and get the paint neatened up a bit

**the black devil** · 02-24-2019 16:04

when I do it up again I will post clearer images

**rhodie80** · 02-24-2019 17:27

Great paint job especially for your first time.

**the black devil** · 02-24-2019 17:55

thanks

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 02-25-2019 01:07

It is actually nice to see you prepared to step outside the historical in WW2. We get a lot of inspired paint jobs and decals for WWI but not so many for WW2.

Rob.