AIRCRAFT FABRIC ORIENTATION:  I used the photograph of J.II 306/18 that appears on page 347 of Peter M. Grosz' article on Rare Birds: AEG J.Ia & J.II, Over the Front, Winter 2002 issue.   The printed camouflage is the 4-color version and the orientation is:

PRINTED FABRIC DECAL PREPARATION: To get a close fit, I reproduced a section of the tail unit from the Martin Digmayer 1:48 scale drawings in the Rare Bird article, cut out one each of the horizontal stabilizer and elevator and used those as patterns to cut the decal sheet taking into account the individual covering pattern for the stabilizers and the elevators.  In other words, each of these tail plane components was covered individually so the cut off the roll would almost guarantee that the edges would not line up hex-to-hex.  These cut-out patterns were used for upper and under surface decals. I ended up with two elevator and two horizontal stabilizer decals pieces for the upper surface and the same for the under surface for a total of eight pieces. 

PRINTED FABRIC DECAL APPLICATION: The Techmod decals are quite delicate and they tended to curl and crack during the water soaking process. I also tore them when sliding them off the backing sheet.    Small pieces were damaged and lost but I found color matches in my Andrea (Old Series) and Vallejo acrylic paints.  The upper surfaces "patches" were paints right out of the bottle.  The under surface "patches" were lightened with off-white and mixed on the palette and applied:

FUSELAGE PRINTED CAMOUFLAGE FABRIC:  Since I had already glued the tail unit components onto the fuselage, it made the printed camouflage fabric application difficult.  I made patterns for the fuselage top, sides, bottom, and fin all cut from a photo copy of 1:48 scale drawings by Martin Digmayer in Rare Birds: AEG J.Ia & J.II.  I had to include the slots for the in-place tail unit.  The resulting pieces were pretty good for the most part.  I was extremely careful during the water soaking, sliding, and application process so as to minimize tearing.  I used an X-Acto knife with brand new #11 blade to cut out the steps on the left side and trim away decals that didn't quite fit.  When thoroughly dry, I touched up with my paints and oversprayed with a protective coat of satin polyurethane.

LANDING GEAR PRINTED CAMOUFLAGE FABRIC:  Both sides of the wheels are covered in the darker 4-color shade and I simply drew circle on a thin piece of pliable lead sheet and test fitted it until just right.  I used it as a pattern to cut out four decals.  These were applied carefully and allowed to dry.  The landing gear axle was reinforced with two smaller diameter spreader bars and the whole unit was painted light gray-green.  The unique coiled spring shock absorber system was painted this color as well but the springs were painted in "dark steel".  Two sets of landing gear wire braces were added, one pair between the front struts and the other between the rear struts.  These were rigged with .005 dark metallic gray monofilament thread.

FUSELAGE PAINTING:  The actual color used may never be known but it appear to be a light shade.  My interpretation in light gray-green which approximates what later became known as RLM-02 of WW2 fame.  I used my mix of dark brown/black liner to fill in the panel lines, panel screws, louvre slots, and to make a few smudges and stains especially around the fuel filler cap.  The pilot's cockpit coaming was painted in Andrea (old) ANAC16 Medium Brown and stained in Andrea (old) ANAC42 Brown Leather.  When all down, the aircraft as shown above at this stage was oversprayed with satin polyurethane.

BALKENKREUZ DECALS:  As shown, these decals came from the kit's decal sheet.  After they were applied, another light coat of satin polyurethane was applied.