I have just ordered from Dom's Decals amongst other things the Blitzkrieg starter pack to use for the Luftwaffe.

My Idea was to model aircraft from Luftflotte 2 which had the bulk of the day action.  So I had a choice of:

Painting & Markings

I have no reference books to follow for ANY Battle of Britain Aircraft.  This means I have to use internet sources until my book case adds a few more tomes.  Painting 1/600th aircraft is easy but what makes the difference is the amount of detail you are prepared to add.  For the Luftwaffe it is the aircraft art and aircraft serial numbers.  Dom's Decals has more than enough range of markings but if you want tail markings you need to order the 1/300th pack and then use the smallest one in that pack as he doesn't "do" 1/600th specific due to size (probably).

• Undercoat white at this scale due to the need to preserve scale effect.  Using a thin paint for the next layers gives you a slight shadow in the panel lines which you can then pick up with a wash later (GHQ Painting tip I found to be excellent.  I cannot remember the last aircraft I painted with a Black Undercoat).
• For lower fuselage I use GW Astronomican Grey from the Foundation paints.
• Upper surfaces use a Field Grey for the RLM 02 Grey and currently I have some Tamiya Dark Green (XF-61) which I am using until some more Valejo paint arrives from Dom.  I use GW Badab Black along the panel lines with  0 brush after the initial coats then add a little Vallejo Dark Sand to the Grey and recover.  The Green is dark enough already
• Cockpit and Glass areas use my tried and trusted method of Shadow Grey followed by a GW Badab Black wash then gone over again with Shadow Grey then Astronomican Highlights (I normally use Ghostly Grey but this has been discontinued for years so I needed to find a replacement).
• Acrylic Varnish to give the Decals something to sink into
• Apply Decals (use scissor and not a knife to cut out as you get a cleaner image)
• Second coat of Acrylic Varnish to seal the decals
• Dullcote to finish 

In terms of decals for these  aircraft, Doms Decals are providing the Balkan Kreuz and Tail Markings.  I am doing the Fuselage codes as a home made project.  I am going to use the Stab colours for each of the Gruppe as they appear to be either Blue or Green which I can print out. These use one of the German roadsign fonts that I have for 1/300 games printed out at 4.5pt with 0.5 pt character spacing.  The red, white and yellow letters will have to come from i-94 enterprises or somewhere else

G1+AR From III./KG55 is the first test aircraft to be done.  Using the WHITE USAF letters which I couldn't find a use for else where.  The white appears slightly bigger so I will experiment (changed font to 4.5 Pt for the next ones).  Also noted that the Balkan Crosses need to go slightly further forward to allow for the decal overhang, the current models can't have this done so will have to wait for the next packs to arrive from Dom.

Si