Everything you could ever want to know about U-Boat colors/painting can be found here.... Most of the colors can be found here.... Enjoy your painting and good luck!
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There's been discussion about that box cover in many threads in several forums with a concensus that it was fiction. However, a week ago I stubled on this thread..... If you scroll down to the picture of U-997, save and enlarge it (I made it my desktop background it sure looks like there are indeed the squiggles on the light areas. Pay particular attention to the area above the floo
Forum: Modeling and schematics

I'm building U-505 myself in 1/72. At time of capture she was very heavily weathered, but color photo's clearly show the conning tower to be blauschwarz 58.2 and the upper hull blaugrau 58.1. The same scheme as U-805, also shown in allied color photos. I'm amazed the U-505 muesum painted her the wrong colors after all the expense of restiration and the building! Regards,
Forum: Modeling and schematics

I'm building a 1/72 U-505 and am trying to find schematics with rivet detail. They aren't present in the Planrolle drawings. Anyone know where I can find this, or do I need to take a tape measure to the Museum of Science and Industry, and a very long ladder? Thanks! Scott
Forum: Modeling and schematics