Why is the boat dark grey on the inside?

Greif8 · 02-26-10, 07:57 PM

If anyone is interested I can translate and post Section a, which deals with interior colors, of the document(s) that JScones posted. This is an important document that is mostly accurate and very helpful to determining correct colors. It also illustrates a few of the pitfalls researchers have to watchout for when using primary source documents as references. For example, the two rightmost columns in the 1940 document states: 2 Coats of fire resistant color RAL 9003 Ivory White.

RAL 9003 is actually Signal White, a very white shade. Why the mistake? Well there is no definitive answer, but IMHO I think the original translation had a mistake in it, very easy to make with some of the original German documents from WWII as they were in what was known as Frakturschrift, which can be hard to make out in older documents.

As an aside, as I am sure more then a few people are wondering how I happen to know something about this rather arcane subject, I am currently building the CMK interior sets for a 1/72 scale Type VIIc build. I spent a few months doing research and as luck would have it I was able to look at many original documents in the Military Archives in Germany.

Ernest

02-26-10, 07:57 PM	#13
Greif8 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	If anyone is interested I can translate and post Section a, which deals with interior colors, of the document(s) that JScones posted. This is an important document that is mostly accurate and very helpful to determining correct colors. It also illustrates a few of the pitfalls researchers have to watchout for when using primary source documents as references. For example, the two rightmost columns in the 1940 document states: 2 Coats of fire resistant color RAL 9003 Ivory White. RAL 9003 is actually Signal White, a very white shade. Why the mistake? Well there is no definitive answer, but IMHO I think the original translation had a mistake in it, very easy to make with some of the original German documents from WWII as they were in what was known as Frakturschrift, which can be hard to make out in older documents. As an aside, as I am sure more then a few people are wondering how I happen to know something about this rather arcane subject, I am currently building the CMK interior sets for a 1/72 scale Type VIIc build. I spent a few months doing research and as luck would have it I was able to look at many original documents in the Military Archives in Germany. Ernest