Elbing torpedo boats - a question about camo

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Gerry
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Elbing torpedo boats - a question about camo

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Dear friends, I would like to ask about the camouflage of German torpedo boats Type 1939 (or Elbing). I've found very little informations for these ships on the net. Only classic Hellgrau / Dunkelgrau camouflage (probably 1944-45) and then a very interesting tri-color camouflage of T-22 and T-23 ships from the battle of Brittany coast 1942-43. I would like to ask:
1. Are there other camouflages of these ships known? And what?
2. What was shades of colors of T-22 and T-23 camo mentioned above. Especially green seems unlikely to me.
Thanks in advance. :-)
RichardAigner
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Re: Elbing torpedo boats - a question about camo

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The instructions for the WSW-Modellbau kit for Flottentorpedoboot T 28 (1943) calls for "Dark Gray, Medium Blue Gray and Light Gray" with a very light, probably white, fake bow-wave for the 3-color camouflage. Decks light gray, funnel tops black, camouflage scheme approx. symmetrical on the port side.
That is all the information. I used some plausible Greys from the WEM Colorcoats range.
HTH, Richard
Gerry
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Re: Elbing torpedo boats - a question about camo

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Thank you very much! This finding corresponds to what I expected....
RichardAigner
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Forum Marinearchiv has a thread on scratch building T 23 in

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including one photo of the camouflage scheme.
https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/i ... 291.0.html
Regards, Richard
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