| vogless | 24 Sep 2006 9:11 a.m. PST |
I picked up the painter's Guide to WWII Camo and had a question. It seems to me the book focuses on camo patterns (duh!) BUT, was there a "basic" or non-camo scheme for the Kriegsmarine and what were those colors? |
| DeanMoto | 24 Sep 2006 9:41 a.m. PST |
Here's a site for replica uniforms link not a painter's guide per se, but has a lot of color pics. |
| vogless | 24 Sep 2006 9:43 a.m. PST |
Sorry, I meant the ships. I want to do 1:6000, but I really don't want to paint a whole fleet in camo. |
| DeanMoto | 24 Sep 2006 10:52 a.m. PST |
HA! I'm sorry about that!  |
 McKinstry   | 24 Sep 2006 12:38 p.m. PST |
I believe the basic scheme (pre-war and early) is light grey (Hellgrau) upper works on a slightly darker grey hull. The Testors line of naval colors carries both. |
| vogless | 24 Sep 2006 4:26 p.m. PST |
Is the Testors line acrylic and do you like them McKinstry? |
| McKinstry | 24 Sep 2006 8:24 p.m. PST |
The line is acrylic. I find some of the colors a little thin, requiring touch-up/second coats but overall I like the accuracy of the colors, the Germans included. The line has all 4 of the grays the Japanese used with the slight variance by yard, real good US and Brit colors that are harder to come by like Thayer Blue and the German Norweigan camo colors are complete as well. |
| vogless | 25 Sep 2006 9:55 a.m. PST |
In 1:6000, anyone messing with aircraft recognition strips/markings? If so, how did you do the Germans? |
| McKinstry | 25 Sep 2006 8:59 p.m. PST |
10/0 brush, very carefully – same as doing the red and white on the Italians. I do the WW2 dazzles, Measure 32 for the US and Western Approaches etc. for the Brits. It just takes patience and it is just for your satisfaction, at table height all that effort is mostly (not all). for nought. I do the Baltic splinter, gray overall, black and white stripes at angles, decks are wooden with a red band accross the bow and a black swastika on white circle in center. Turret top colors should vary but I think carmine looks best. |
| Sean Barnett | 20 May 2007 8:41 p.m. PST |
This site has the basic colors for WWI and WWII German ships(they were the same). link It's a medium gray hull with a light gray superstructure. White Ensign Models has the paints. link |
| Hauptmann6 | 21 May 2007 8:32 a.m. PST |
You could always do like I have been doing. Spay the ship a light or medium gray and call it good until you feel like painting more. Then go back and work on camo. All my US ships are painted in Light Gull Gray IIRC and I have been hitting them with other colors when I have time/energy. |
