Arado 196 Revell 1/32

[No.1]

Thanks. So I will improvise something...

[modellius]

Not sure if I'm right but if I remember correctly the dornier hydro planes were painted in some sord of black protecting paint on the under surfaces which were in contact with water.....

[No.1]

Yes, in early years, asphalt based paint and that was anti-corrosion coat. Problem is that black and red look the same on black and white images. Other thing is the wash out of the coat show about, specific way for anti fouling coats. They work in this way- sea plant attach for the surface and in this case anti fouling. As well this coat include poison, after some time plant die and fall but it also peel of some amount of coat. This is my doubts, what that could be? If this is anti fouling coat, that could be red brown color.

[modellius]

Well, damaged peeled of protecting paint maybe ?

[No.1]

No idea...   

[Jicehem]

Problem is that black and red look the same on black and white images.

Hello

Renderings of red ans black are black only with orthochromatic films. With panchro ones red is a shade of grey (dark to mediem grey) but lighter than black.
I never heard of anti-fouling paint on surfaces above water and, more precisely, on fabrics. I understand that anti-fouling paint was necessary for surfaces below the water level because it's not esasy to clean them.

Jicehem

[No.1]

In this case, what is the coat present on image?

[Jicehem]

Maybe a kind of deterioreted transparent waterproof paint. But not black because the black letterings are legible on it...

Jicehem

[No.1]

As well it is so dark and match red on flag... red? Or some family of red? Anyway my friends, we make new reference as well nobody spot this and many samples were made of this kit with this markings! Congratulation, you are all the great! Subject is everything but easy!

[Second Air Force]

Good progress here!

No.1, I have two photos here of early machines and I think the bottom of the fuselage is simply silver dope. I don't have access to send the photos to you right now but will do so later today. The photos are of D-IEHK, twin-float prototype and D-ILRE, single float prototype.

[No.1]

Please send me those images, will see what that could be.

[Second Air Force]

I'm afraid these pictures are not of great use, and one may be the same as yours. However, I am pretty confident that the underside of the fuselage is silver when looking at the image in my book. The bottoms of the floats would likely have had anti-fouling paint on them as y'all have thought in earlier posts, so I would think that these would be asphaltic black.

Arado 196 Revell 1/32

Arado 196 Revell 1/32

[No.1]

Good images, help this subject

[Second Air Force]

I'll try to get some better images of these later......some scanner problems here.......

[No.1]

No problem