today's work

[JHapprich]

Ahh
of course, thank you. I lacked the diver's perspective.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Yup!

Btw, why did the soviets regularly paint frames/hatch rims etc white? Makes an interesting look, but from the perspective of camouflage, seems odd...

David, old mariner, give us a clue!

Those markings are for the benefit of salvage Diver's and rescue vehicles.

Unlike most other navies, the Russki's built lifting and towing gear into the superstructure of their combatants.

The white outlined deck hatches were there to assist rescue/salvage Divers to locate the recessed compartment salvage air fittings, lifting collars, induction gagging wrenches and spindles, and a bottle of celebratory vodka and glassware should everything have a happy ending.

The big circular ring around the engineering access-escape hatch was a target for DSRV type personnel transfer vehicles, and denoted the heavily reenforced seat upon which the vehicle would sit and be affixed to by hydrostatic force when joined with the destressed submarine.

However...

...In real life you just contract the Dutch and they chop up your boat and send it back to you as a neatly packaged kit.

Or just wait for our CIA to come up with something clever.

Bottom line: Closed caskets for everyone, and a stipend for the widows. (in the voice of the soup Nazi) 'No vodka for you, Comrade!'

[JHapprich]

Nope, well-earned self-experience

[Albacore 569]

Beautiful! 2hrs of masking, 15 min of airbrushing?

You just discovered this?...LOL

[JHapprich]

Yup!

Btw, why did the soviets regularly paint frames/hatch rims etc white? Makes an interesting look, but from the perspective of camouflage, seems odd...

David, old mariner, give us a clue!

[DrSchmidt]

A with any decent paint job, be it cars, models, even the fence around your yard, it's always 90% preparation vs. 10% applying paint.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Beautiful! 2hrs of masking, 15 min of airbrushing?

LOL. You're pretty close to the right ratio of preparation/painting.

[JHapprich]

Beautiful! 2hrs of masking, 15 min of airbrushing?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Here you go.

I prefer this one:

https://youtu.be/B8_tymXrMrE

[Albacore 569]

Here you go.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[Das Boot]

OK guys, don’t get your panties in a wad. It was a joke.

[vital.spark]

I live half way around the world in Hong Kong and David is my friend and mentor.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You don’t have any friends.

LOL. You're right, of course. Let me amend that last post... "an associate".