MarkYoungCrewChief Posted June 19, 2025 Report Posted June 19, 2025 (edited) I'm an experianced aircraft builder that is a complete newbie at large scale ships. I am working on a resin 1/350 USS West Virginia, BB-48 in her late 1941 Pearl Harbor scheme, and in painting the bottom, the Colourcoas US14 Norfolk 65A Antifouling red is coming out way too pink for my mind. Ir is also dead flat. Is this correct or is there another, better, color I should be using? Also, what would be the color(s) of the ships boats, life boats and life rafts? late 1941c Inquiring minds want to know... Edited June 19, 2025 by MarkYoungCrewChief
dhenning Posted June 25, 2025 Report Posted June 25, 2025 I would suggest going over to the Modelwarships.com website. Lots of info there on the pre-war schemes.
Ron Bell Posted June 25, 2025 Report Posted June 25, 2025 What color/shade was the primer? I have found that if I primer with white, I get a bright red but if I primer in a darker color the darker the primer the darker the red gets. Try it on some scrap plastic to see if it makes a difference. Currently I'm using Tamiya rattle can Dull Red and it looks pretty good over a medium grey primer.
MarkYoungCrewChief Posted June 26, 2025 Author Report Posted June 26, 2025 On 6/25/2025 at 9:30 AM, Ron Bell said: What color/shade was the primer? I have found that if I primer with white, I get a bright red but if I primer in a darker color the darker the primer the darker the red gets. Try it on some scrap plastic to see if it makes a difference. Currently I'm using Tamiya rattle can Dull Red and it looks pretty good over a medium grey primer. Light grey Dupont 131S primer. Even after three decent coats of the red, it still comes out pink. The TCP Antifouling Red I ordered is due for delivery today. We'll see if it is any better. At least the miniscule color chip looked better, for what it is worth.
MarkYoungCrewChief Posted June 26, 2025 Author Report Posted June 26, 2025 On 6/24/2025 at 10:21 PM, dhenning said: I would suggest going over to the Modelwarships.com website. Lots of info there on the pre-war schemes. Thank you. Good info there.
MarkYoungCrewChief Posted June 27, 2025 Author Report Posted June 27, 2025 The TCP Red Antifouling paint is much darker than the Colourcoats. Don't know if it is exactly correct or not, but I like it a lot better.
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