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WW2 German Ship Color Below Waterline Question

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WW2 German Ship Color Below Waterline Question
Posted by Styrene Nut on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:05 PM

Does anybody know for sure, the below the waterline colors on WW2 German ships? In different books, I have seen anthracite, and brick red. Were they one or the other, or both? Dave.

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Posted by rokket on Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:26 AM

Try this article, it's about uboats but has a lot of general Kriegsmarine info:

U-BOATS: Kriegmarine U-Boat Colours & Markings (PDF 1.2mb)

at  http://amp.rokket.biz/lib_uboats.shtml

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Thursday, December 24, 2009 6:33 AM

Extremely helpful! Thank you very much! Dave.

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Posted by John @ WEM on Friday, December 25, 2009 11:38 PM

U-boats & S-boats were Anthracitgrau (actually, Schiffsbodenfarbe III Grau 1) below the waterline. The rest of the surface Kriegsmarine used Schiffsbodenfarbe III Rot 5, a very dark grayish-red. Both colors are available pre-mixed.

Cheers,

John Snyder, White Ensign Models, http://WhiteEnsignModels.com

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 26, 2009 6:30 AM

Thanks John!

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  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Saturday, December 26, 2009 11:28 AM

So John, how you liking your first WV winter?  Big Smile

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Posted by John @ WEM on Monday, December 28, 2009 7:11 PM

Loving it. Just waiting for our local shop to call to let us know he's gotten his stock of cross-country skies and boots in--may have to get some snowshoes as well for treks in our woods where the trees are a bit thick for the cross-country boards. Some good rails-to-trails nearby for cross-country skiing too. Still need to get out and pick up some chains for the 4WD Nissan, as our driveway is a bit steep and twisty when the snow gets really deep. Couple of power outages so far--probably more to come--but we keep well-stocked and have lots of oil lamps, candles, and LED lanterns handy. Nice being able to continue WEM work, but without having everything underfoot and workers everywhere in the house, as we did at South Farm. We're actually finding time to sit down and read, play scrabble, and who knows--I might even get to build a kit now and then....

Cheers,

John

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