Kriegsmarine 1939-1945 camouflage

TomZ · January 01, 2009, 10:08:40 AM

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

gunfighter · January 01, 2009, 11:22:12 AM

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

philp · January 01, 2009, 11:27:04 AM

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

GTX · January 01, 2009, 11:53:53 AM

Richard did these a while back:

Regards,

Greg

lancer · January 01, 2009, 03:55:06 PM

Oh that 2 tone grey and white splinter is seriously sexy!!!! Would look good an pretty much anything even modern day!!!

Joe C-P · January 02, 2009, 07:54:17 AM

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.

Mossie · January 02, 2009, 10:42:25 AM

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

Geoff · January 02, 2009, 11:39:25 AM

John Baxters "Tragerflotten" has a number of different cammo schemes.

TomZ · January 02, 2009, 12:12:44 PM

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

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

Tom

GTX · January 02, 2009, 12:19:53 PM

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

TomZ · January 02, 2009, 12:35:10 PM

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

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Well nothing else to do but wait and celebrate the new year some more

philp · January 02, 2009, 09:18:30 PM

Here are a couple of Mav's.

sequoiaranger · January 23, 2009, 11:32:59 PM

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).

jcf · February 11, 2009, 01:39:26 PM

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