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Kriegsmarine 1939-1945 camouflage

Started by TomZ, January 01, 2009, 10:08:40 AM

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TomZ

I'm working on a couple of models for a Kriegsmarine project. I'm thinking about a Ju-87 C-1 (production version of the carrier Ju-87), Me-109T and FW-190D-12 Torpedoplane. I'm looking for good ideas for German navy Camouflage schemes. Anybody got any ideas?

Tom
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gunfighter

Why not the usual grey splinter but in different shades of blue?

philp

Check in Mav's Gallery.  Think he did a few interesting designs for German Navy (in the Antarctic if I recall).
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GTX

Richard did these a while back:




Regards,

Greg
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lancer

Oh that 2 tone grey and white splinter is seriously sexy!!!! Would look good an pretty much anything even modern day!!!
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You might find some useful ideas here:

http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/aviation/index.html

It's about the real world Kreigsmarine aviation, and is part of a site dedicated to both the Kreigsmarine and Hochseeflotte.
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The standard Luftwaffe sea camouflage was RLM 72/73 over RLM 65.  This might have made a basis for a Kreigsmarine camo & was similar to the Royal Navy's Temperate Sea Scheme.  My own ideas are that Kriegsmarine camo might have followed Luftwaffe patterns, at least to start with.  There's a diagram of a He.111 on Don Color:
http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/draw/he111see.jpg

I did this profile of a post war Kreigsmarine Sea Hawk in RLM 72/73/65 for the Fatherland thread.


There's artwork of the Fw-250 on the Luft '46 site with camouflage that looks suitable for a Mediteranean or Pacific scheme.  The rest of the Luft '46 art is worth a look too:
http://www.luft46.com/mlart/ml250.html
http://www.luft46.com/luftart.html
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John Baxters "Tragerflotten" has a number of different cammo schemes.

TomZ

Thanks for all the replies guys. I've got some ideas to get me going. Have to wait until it's warmer before I can start spraying though  >:(
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GTX

QuoteMy spray booth is in the shed and it's minus 5 in there!

You lucky bugger!!  It's been running close to 40C here most of this week and humid!!!

Regards,

Greg
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TomZ

Try spraying at minus 5 and the paint will just fall of the model after it's dry. I know because I tried once. (only once though :angry:)

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sequoiaranger

What looks like green on green is actually a turquoise-gray on RLM green, with white "flecks" to represent whitecaps. The colors are soft-blended and the patterns are curved (unlike most land-based patterns with straight lines).
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jcf

I've long thought that Bundeswehr Marineflieger schemes would look good on WWII German naval aircraft:


Standard F-104 Norm 76
The basalt gray over silbergrau is, IMHO, rather smart looking.


Experimental Tornado scheme


Standard Tornado Norm 87E

http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/mftarn_e.htm

Maybe combine a topside from the experimental scheme or Norm 87 (D or E) with a gray or silbergrau underside?

or based on the Graue Maus experimental scheme?


More Luftwaffe schemes:
http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/brdlwmod_e.htm
Jon