I want to try my hand at a Sub or U-boat soon but know very little about the subject.
The question I have , regarding WW2 subs is that they seem to be rather rusty from long deployments, how do you guys “rust” the hulls? I see there is also allot of streaking from what I can assume is faided paint and other “stuff” running down the hull.
Would the wooden decks of German U-boats be natural in colour or were they also the same grey as the hull?
Since my budget is very tight I am looking at the Revell 1/350 VIIc kit, although it is rather small, I think it would be a good base to try new tecniques on?
I rather like the shape of the new generation of neuclear boats like the Sea wolf and Los Angeles class but I think to “weather” them would be very difficult as they dont rust and look very clean and clinical.
I am pretty new to Subs as well, working myself up to a 72nd U-Boat. But i do know that U-Boat decks were painted black though of course this would fade and wear over time. From what i can tell, WW2 boats did not rust much either, and i can’t see there being a lot of chipping.
Nice! I’m a sub guy. Built a few. After base coats painted but before any of the final weathering techniques, I applied black oily wash to all raised and recessed surfaces of boat, waited a few hours to semi-dry then removed excess from all. This creates depth and shadows.
For weathering then, I used a combination of white/light grey and rust color oil paints thinned to dot areas of salt water drainage and rust. Let sit for a few hours or longer then with thinner and thin brush I pulled down the dots on water drainage and rust dots and then softened and blended with q-tip.
The decks are dark stained wood but over that base color i used a washed out tan oil cover to try to highlight worn areas.
I have several 1/350 I’m not going to build and would sell.
