"Schnellbote Camouflage Colors?" Topic

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Wyatt the Odd	18 Apr 2010 4:16 p.m. PST
I'm painting up a model of the S-100 schnellbote seen here: picture and I'm trying to determine if that is an olive green, or if the Kriegsmarine used a blue shade for their cammo. Thanks, Wyatt
Top Gun Ace	18 Apr 2010 4:47 p.m. PST
Hmmm, I'm not really sure that is an official camo. scheme, but it looks very nice, nonetheless. Looks more like an aquamarine blue to me. Most S-Boats were Schnellboot Weiss, or S-Boat White, which was a very light gray, and at our smaller scales should probably really be white, of a very light white/gray color. Usually their decks were dark gray as well, to blend in with the water (panzer gray would work). For the Mediterranean though, there were boats painted a dull, pea green color on their decks.
Top Gun Ace	18 Apr 2010 4:49 p.m. PST
I'd suggest checking out the PT Dockyard website's links, for some more info on the subject. There are a number of good books out on S-Boats as well, and I think many are listed there on the website.
David Manley	18 Apr 2010 6:12 p.m. PST
drop me an email and I can send you some images that might help – david dot manley at btinternet dot com Might take a little while to reply if you do as I'm currently fighting my way across Europe to reach the channel and make it home to Blighty!
ptdockyard	19 Apr 2010 5:27 p.m. PST
NO! Don't do it! Whatever scheme that model has, it has no basis in reality! Check this link for just about anything on S-boats prinzeugen.com/SBOATIND.htm Dave G The PT Dockyard ptdockyard.com
ptdockyard	22 Apr 2010 3:09 p.m. PST
Dave, I can't resist… is the RN picking you up at Dunkirk? Dave G.
hindsTMP	22 Apr 2010 6:08 p.m. PST
ptdockyard, One of the images from your link above could well show a scheme like that on the model: picture :-) Mark H.
ptdockyard	23 Apr 2010 3:07 a.m. PST
Camo, yes. But these are earlier S-30 class boats in the Channel circa 1941 (note they have no bow gun), not the S-100 model shown. So far only one image has emerged of an S-100/ Skullcap bridge S-boat with any kind of camo. It is in a book about the Finnish Navy and shows a German boat in the Baltic. I will try to post it this weekend. It is not a spray job, either. All S-boat camo appears to be brushed. The only spray camo I have seen on German craft is on Kuestenjaeger boats in the Adtriatic. Dave

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