Weathering colors below the waterline on nuclear subs

[Timothy L]

I don’t know your name or if I met you at Groton or Carmel in the last two years but wow - I bet you have stories to tell!!!
Tim

[Timothy L]

Mtroniks makes a dual speed control designed specifically for running two motors off of one esc. Can you verify:

1) You have one esc controlling...

[Timothy L]

Quarter Master - that is a really great looking sub (the little one)!

[Timothy L]

Cool! Thank you David....

[Timothy L]

Great insight CC Clarke - thank you. It brings into to focus a whole new aspect (to me) of submarines operation - the tremendous maintenance challenges!...

[Timothy L]

Very interesting photos - thank you for posting. There appears to be a pattern most notably on the stern. Would those be the anechoic tiles? I I am also...

[Timothy L]

Thank you very much David - I cannot read the labels on the “smear colors’ - what media are you describing please?

[Timothy L]

I hope this information may be of interest to those of you want to weather a nuclear sub at and below the waterline.

• The information presented below

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[Timothy L]

David - I have two questions about applying the radial salt streaks:

1) For applying streaks UNDER the 2K poly, can you recommend a media,...

[Timothy L]

The original photo that I posted of the John Marshall labeled it a Lafayette class. It is incorrect. The John Marshall was indeed an Ethan Allen class....

[Timothy L]

Thanks Bill - very helpful. I most often mix my own colors for air brushing - but getting brand names helps me hone in on the correct color - thank you...

[Timothy L]

(Never mind Bill - I answered my own question after you pointed me in the right direction - very much appreciated!)
Thank you Bill -
1) Just...

[Timothy L]

In this photo supposedly of the Ethan Allen class SSBN John Marshall in drydock at Holy Loch, Scotland, the lower hull does not appear to have red oxide...

[Timothy L]

[Ongoing repeated reminder: I am a beginner just trying to share whatever foibles I might run into that might possibly be of interest to fellow newbies...

[Timothy L]

I love thus thread - wish I could give many photos a thumbs up - but don’t seem to have administrative permission to so - so I will just waste a...

[Timothy L]

Bob - got it - thank you.