today's work

[JHapprich]

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

[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.

[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.

[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!

[Albacore 569]

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

You just discovered this?...LOL

[JHapprich]

Nope, well-earned self-experience

[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]

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

[Das Boot]

Soviet subs have the white markings because they needed a place for rescue. It’s sort of like Mercedes-Benz. Do you know why their seats are so comfortable? So you have a nice place to sit waiting for a tow truck

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Soviet subs have the white markings because they needed a place for rescue. It’s sort of like Mercedes-Benz. Do you know why their seats are so comfortable? So you have a nice place to sit waiting for a tow truck

LOL. The Ying and Yang of engineering.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[DrSchmidt]

Interesting, that you apply the markings after weathering.I always argued with myself whether it's better to apply markings on a clean model and to include them in the weathering process, wihich belnds them with the overall look but makes them less visible, or to apply them before the final clear coat, Your thoughts?

[Ken_NJ]

Using capillary action you pick up the paint. After dipping you wipe excess off, then apply it. How is it not creating a blob as you apply it. This method of course requires much practice just like air brushing.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Interesting, that you apply the markings after weathering.I always argued with myself whether it's better to apply markings on a clean model and to include them in the weathering process, wihich belnds them with the overall look but makes them less visible, or to apply them before the final clear coat, Your thoughts?

Weathering is chaos. Markings are studied, understood, precise operations. Get the chaos out of the way first, protect it with a clear coat, and only then apply the markings. Touch up the markings to match surrounding chaos, then another, well flattened clear coat to blend everything together.







David
Master of Disaster