Good evening all, I am about ready to start painting my Iowa class hull. The problem is, I am not sure what colors or brands of paints to use for a WWII batttleship. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Ken
http://www.shipcamouflage.com/ Explore the whole site... http://www.shipcamouflage.com/usn_bb.htm This part in particular might be of special interest. Iowa class is at the bottom. Clicking on the 22d hyperlink gets you a cool little sheet showing the pattern for my favorite camouflage. Das Butts
I printed off copies of that and used it as a guide for my model. I also used the paint sheet a color sheet that came with my Tamiya 1/700 model of the MO. Great reference also if you have that model.
For RCNC ships how are they being painted, i.e., airbrush, spraycan, hand? What brand of paint is commonly used? I am looking for a hull grey, deck grey, hull red . . . Can not seem to find it on any references.
Different brands have different shades and textures. I used tremclad primer grey which is a lighter grey. The walmart type krylon prmier grey is darker. I brushed the camo on my ship with the water based model paint and enamil type paints.
I use craft acrylic and a lighthand. Don't want to get too thick of coats or over time it will build up too much.
See I can't make jokes on this one, I have both Axis and Allied ships . Oh Nikkie, you need to paint a bullseye on the LST . . .
Keep it authentic colours Nikki, Plain haze gray for LST's. The last thing a Low, Slow, Target needs is to draw attention to itself. That said, and so as not to hijack the thread, I use tamiya model paints for my HMS Rodney's camo. I brush it on with a very soft brush.
There's nothing that says you can't paint your boat whatever color you want. Pink is certainly an option. I recall Lord Mountbatten had some British warships painted pink as a form of camouflage during sunset and sunrise. I don't think pink would suit a ship meant for battle, but it has been done. I painted my little tramp steamers denim blue, to blend in with the reflection of the sky off the water. I then mounted a 1" by 1.5" flag at the very stern, which would draw attention to the back of the boat. Attacking captains would be drawn to the flag rather than the hull, and made the boat harder to shoot. Kotori and I deliberately kept our VUs as closely matched as possible, so our opponents never were quite sure which ship they were attacking. In one battle, I fought a hard defensive battle against three first-rate Allied battle wagons in a row, using my stern six-shooter (nicknamed the Thunderbolt after the Elco Thunderbolt Mk 15). Kotori's stern cannon was jammed, but he was able to bypass their best battleships and tear into their less reliable second-rate battleships because nobody knew he wasn't firing all cannons.
Thanks for the help all. I guess my ship is going to be painted in the Measure 22 paint scheme. Vertical Surfaces to the main deck with Navy Blue 5-N. Vertical Surfaces above the main deck will be Haze Gray, 5-H. All horizontal surfaces will be Deck Blue, 20-B.
I used Krylon paints for my Iowa-battleship, and I went with a more modern scheme reflecting the current paint schemes for all four Iowas, but based more off of USS Wisconsin, which has been painted black below the waterline. I went with the equivalent of light gray for the hull above the waterline and superstructure, gloss black for the waterline, and then Navy Blue for below the waterline. Pictures available in the USS Illinois Build thread on page two or three of the Warship Builds section: direct link is here: http://www.rcnavalcombat.com/Forum/tabid/58/aff/566/aft/441669/afv/topic/Default.aspx
