Here is the completed Revell 1/72 scale Ho 229, after many delays because of dodgy weather I was able to get out to the airfield and get some pictures.
The model was put into the only known unit that was assigned this aircraft...JG 400.
The Horten Ho 229 was painted in the standard colors of the day, RLM 81, RLM 82, for the upper surfaces and RLM 76 on the lower surfaces.
After reaching the front line this aircraft proved itself in combat and was a huge success but on the ground it was just another target for allied fighter/bombers so it was quite important to hide it while it was not in use and it was found that low flying aircraft could see the Ho 229 even when pushed into a tree line because of the light colored undersurfaces. This was a similar problem faced by the Fw 190 and the solution was to paint the front half of the undersurface of the wing and landing gear doors a darker color, it was common for the Ho 229 ground crew to add some darker paint to the undersurface to break up the shape of the aircraft to make it blend in with the camouflage netting or tree branches better, many aircraft also had some light colored mottling on the top to provide a bit of counter shading not unlike the ambush scheme used on German armor. The images below give an idea how the field applied mottling would aid in the camouflage of the Ho 229.
More airfield images...
Matrixone
The model was put into the only known unit that was assigned this aircraft...JG 400.
The Horten Ho 229 was painted in the standard colors of the day, RLM 81, RLM 82, for the upper surfaces and RLM 76 on the lower surfaces.
After reaching the front line this aircraft proved itself in combat and was a huge success but on the ground it was just another target for allied fighter/bombers so it was quite important to hide it while it was not in use and it was found that low flying aircraft could see the Ho 229 even when pushed into a tree line because of the light colored undersurfaces. This was a similar problem faced by the Fw 190 and the solution was to paint the front half of the undersurface of the wing and landing gear doors a darker color, it was common for the Ho 229 ground crew to add some darker paint to the undersurface to break up the shape of the aircraft to make it blend in with the camouflage netting or tree branches better, many aircraft also had some light colored mottling on the top to provide a bit of counter shading not unlike the ambush scheme used on German armor. The images below give an idea how the field applied mottling would aid in the camouflage of the Ho 229.
More airfield images...
Matrixone
:hmmm :drool :drool 
