I'm about to start painting an all black 109 in 1/72 scale.
I want to break up the monotone look of the all black scheme, and
I'm not sure how to go about it.
Currently it is primed in light gray

Here is my plan so far.

Mask some panels and spray them dark grey.

Preshade the middle of panels in white or silver

Apply thin coats of the black.

Coat with future.

Apply decals,

more future.

Apply panel wash with a light coloured oil and turps.

dull coat

Apply oil dot filter to individual panels.

final dull coat and chipping

Are any of these in the wrong order?

Thanks for any guidance in this
JP

The technique I'm going to use in the future was told to me by either Lampie or Bigskip.

Basically mix Tamiya flat black (XF-1) with a touch of Red Brown (XF-64) this apparently gives you a scale black which then allows you to do a black oil wash in the panel lines.

Having see their builds when they have done this it works really well.

First of all do not use black. You will get better final result when you will mix blact with redbrown or dark blue color. You can always make postshades with lighter tone of your paint. For wash use beige or grey color.

thanks folks, some of the markings are red so i'll try a red-brown black with a very light sienna wash,
make sense to use anything but black. Looking forward to experimenting with this.

Seen some sr-71 models with a real rainbow within the overall black.

i appreciate your inputs

jp

Right, don't use pure black.
An interesting technique you can use is the co called Colour Modulation, developed by Adam Wilder, an AFV modeller working for the Spanish company Mig Productions. He shows it in a great article showing how he builds a Panther tank, but you can use it on aircrafts as well.
The technique is simple: you use a single colour, but mask the panels and spray them with a slightly different tone, got with adding a small amount of a different colour.
Here is a link

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/2006

Ah, instead of XF-1, I'd suggest Tamiya's Nato Black.