Kazec wrote:
Do you have informaiton on that?
Yes, I have.
Main deck: teak, except for the very tip of the bow (presumably painted hull colour RAL 7000), Tamiya is correct on this one.
LV1: teak, except for the middle part stretching between the tall AA directors ==> Dunkelgrau 1 (RAL 7016 which was the same hue ==> RAL 7016 as the dark grey boot-topping), Tamiya is correct on this one.
LV2: teak, except for the deck aft of the bulwark surrounding the fwd 3.7 AA gun and the area around the catapult and hangar ==> RAL 7016, Tamiya is correct on this one.
LV3: bridge deck: RAL 7016, but covered with
grated removeable deck panels. On my model this is a PE-deck from the Flyhawk set, very neat, it's really 'grated'. The wooden panels stretched as far aft as the aft transversal of the surrounding bulwark.
LV3: aft superstructure: the area aft (or around) of the armored after control station is unknown to me, the kit suggests wood. The area where your splinter shields from your initial question are located was steel (RAL 7016) but covered with
slatted wood panels. The Signal Deck (aft, beneath the main mast) was steel but covered with
grated deck panels.
LV 4: fwd superstructure only from now on: where the half-round splinter shield is - and this is still wrong on my model - was steel deck as well, but covered with
slatted wood panels.
Signal Deck aft of Admiral's Bridge: RAL 7016, but covered with
grated deck panels.
Foretop gallery: RAL 7016 but covered with
slatted deck panels.
Colour of removable deck panels:
The
grated ones are said to having been in such a brown colour you see on my model.
The
slatted ones were presumably of a beige-ish colour, darker than the teak of the main deck.
My model will not feature the Baltic camouflage as I'm depicting the ship on May 22, in preparation of leaving Norway and friendly air cover.
With regard to the different shades of grey - and I can smell questions about it coming - for your 'time window' you will need four of them, beginning from the lightest to darkest:
RAL 7001 = Hellgrau 50 ==> superstructure
RAL 7000 = Dunkelgrau 51 ==> hull
RAL 7024 = Dunkelgrau 2 ==> 'splinter-type' camouflage on parts of the superstructure, turrets and barrels while wearing the Baltic Camouflage. Turret tops (horizontal + sloped sides, if not red), other certain horizontal surfaces such as the bridge roof or the hoods of the range finders and conning towers - I'm not sure about the hangar roof...
RAL 7016 = Dunkelgrau 1 ==> steel decks and boot-topping
Happy Modelling ~ Olaf
Hi, Olaf, I am now building the Admiral Hipper. Do the above instructions for the Prinz Eugen also applicable to the Admiral Hipper? Thanks.