UNDER the WATER--COLORS FOR HULLS

I've been very happy with various Floquil or Polly S box car colors.

Also, we should not forget that different navies and merchant marines paint their ships different colors below the waterline as well as above.  Not all ships are primer red.

Bill

Hi,BONDOMAN !

I have found that the U.P. boxcar red by FLOQUILis an excellent color for NEW ships .Modified with a little REEFER WHITE it is great for a waterline color representing at least a couple of years in service.Now,for the GREENS , there,s a kettle of worms!

Ther are at least seven greens that can be used with TESTORS-MODEL MASTER BERET GREEN topping the list for new paint.Another is FLOQUIL GREEN (I don,t remember the proper name ,but it is a medium green ,close to ZINC CHROMATE , but , with less yellow in it .)

Blue is not a color seen often on large ships,but,it is used by some lines."CHESSIE BLUE" is perfect.The other color in this set is a" MODIFIED SKY BLUE" That,s achieved by taking FLOQUIL,S "CHESSIE BLUE and cutting it with"U.P. LIGHT FIELD GREY".

 FLOQUIL colors are great for this and I too have been using them for years.Another favorite is the FLOQUIL color known as "AGED BRICK". --------TANKERbuilder

While I use oxide red on my Great Lakes ships, for salties I prefer British Crimson (Model Master).

Don,

I have never even considered British Crimson, but I went to my LHS today and bought a bottle to experiment with.  I used it on a Panda USS Arleigh Burke about half an hour ago.  I can't wait to see it when it dries, although it will probably need another coat. Thanks for the tip!

Bill