[bavgan]

Thanks for the reply Steve. Yes it is interesting to see that the plates were not over painted. This is strange because I know that in many factories the plates were riveted on the a/c before the final paint was applied on the assembly line. This means that the factory workers had to spend extra time to mask these plates during painting.

And as far as I see, some of the Fw190 plates were painted in black (as in the Bf 109 plates) while others not. I attach a photo of a 190A-2 where the recessed parts of the data plate were clearly painted in black. Is your A-3 plate painted in black too?

Have a good day,

Batur