1:720 Admiral Graf Spee - Unofficial GB

[Crimea_River]

Neat!

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good Marcel.

 

[Marcel]

Thanks guys. I am very pleased with how things go. I believe this one will be better again then the KGV I did last year. But the hard part is still to come
I am now reading the book "destruction of the Graf Spee". It really is a tragic and fascinating story. It makes me even more eager to build this. Will watch the movie tonight.

 

[fubar57]

Moving right along Marcel, enjoying the build.


Geo

 

[Marcel]

Guys, I need some help. As I said, I am making the graf spee in pre-war colours, so not the camo pattern as observed at Montevideo. According to whiteensign, the colour f the bridge-deck is "linoleum", or ACSM11. I don't know what that colour looks like. If I cannot find it I will make the bridge deck dark grey, like all horizontal steel deck parts, but maybe somebody amongst you can point it out to me?

Second question, on photo's it seems like that the Heinkel biplane on the Graf Spee is of a light grey colour, can somebody confirm?

 

[fubar57]

Here's the answer to your first question and it shocked me. the arrow is RAL 8012 or ACSM 11,

 

[Wurger]

The Linoleum ACSM11 is a kind of brown colour.

Regarding the Heinkel He-60 colours... the pre-war biplanes were painted with :

the fuselage and wing tops - the RLM02 Grau.
the undersides - the RLM65 Hellblau. However the RLM02 seems to be very likely too.
the floats - silver RLM01 Silber.
There was a wide band on the fin and rudder of the red colour with white disks and black swastikas on both sides.

the codes for He-60s in 1935 : 60+F91, 60+E81
from 1938 the Arado 196 prototype V2 and from 1939 Arado 196A-1

 

[parsifal]

Beat me to it

ACSM11 - Brown

 

[Marcel]

Thanks guys! That whas what I found, some brown. I thought it was a mistake.

Wojtek, thanks for the picture of the Heinkel. Light grey, indeed. Will have to buy white paint for just two dots n the side. Ah well, that's life

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.

 

[fubar57]

Struck me as an odd color as well Marcel. I read it had something to do with preventing the ships crew from tracking crap into the mess and other inside rooms.


Geo

 

[Marcel]

Some closeups, the upper deck is only loosely attached and not painted, yet

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[fubar57]

Yep, agree with the thumb.


Geo

 

[rochie]

Seems to be going together well Marcel

 

[Crimea_River]

I agree.

 

[Wayne Little]

Isn't it fun working with all them little bits...

 

[Marcel]

Yup, especially the flak on the little balcony

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far Marcel!

 

[Marcel]

Upper deck got it's first paint. Have to fix some errors, especially some edges that I messed up. But things are on the move again after a pause of a month or so.