[RRuger]

Hi all.
First off to answer your question about the first restored scheme. It was incorrect. As Canon said,very rarely do restorers get the paint right especially on German aircraft.

I you look closely in Jerry's book you will see plenty of photos that will verify the scheme.
I'm very familiar with this aircraft as I live in Southern California and have made the drive over to Mesa more than once to see this bird which by the way is now in an air museum in Washington State
With a new set of clothes that still isnt quite right.
Here you go...Hope you like it.

Here are some pictures that I took a few years ago, hope it helps...









Also I found this http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/456/2/5/22

Unit: I/JG 26
Serial: 10-+- (W.Nr.836017)
Pilot - the last commander of the JG26 Maj. Franz Goetz. May 1945. This aircraft was captured by Allies in May 1945. The fighter was originally delivered with a coat of RLM75 Gray-Violet over RLM76 Light Blue, witch was them over sprayed with a random coat of RLM 81 Brown-Violet (FS34087) and RLM82 Dark Green (FS34096). The spinner was a spiral of RLM84 Green-Blue (FS34554) and White. Gotz retained a small Ace of Spades under cockpit to perhaps remind him of JG 53. This aircraft now at the Champlin Fighter Museum in Mesa, Arizona.

http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/456/2/5