Why is the boat dark grey on the inside?

pythos · 03-01-10, 03:44 AM

So you all are saying that the presence of THE actual war time Commander of U-96 would not know the color of his own damn boat?

As far as Buchiem bitching about Das Boot, Have you all not read the novel? Yes as with any literary work stuff is left out, but the parts that are in the film ARE IN THE NOVEL, including the screaming crew!!!

Read the novel, it is in there. The brooding captain...in there, the boisterous crew at the hit of a torpedo...IN THERE!!!

In Iron Coffins, Werner describes the interior of the first boat he saw as Wood paneled and GRAY!!!.

Perhaps there were several schemes used over the course of the war.

GertFroebe_neu · 03-01-10, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pythos

So you all are saying that the presence of THE actual war time Commander of U-96 would not know the color of his own damn boat?

As far as Buchiem bitching about Das Boot, Have you all not read the novel? Yes as with any literary work stuff is left out, but the parts that are in the film ARE IN THE NOVEL, including the screaming crew!!!

Read the novel, it is in there. The brooding captain...in there, the boisterous crew at the hit of a torpedo...IN THERE!!!

In Iron Coffins, Werner describes the interior of the first boat he saw as Wood paneled and GRAY!!!.

Perhaps there were several schemes used over the course of the war.

Calm down! Buchheim also took a lot of photos in the war. On these photos it can be seen, that the uboat was ivory-colored (or white because of the black/white photos).

pythos · 03-03-10, 11:06 PM

I have since seen German propaganda films, and the interior of the boats seem to vary, it is possible one yard did things differently than the other. It is possible U-96 had a grey interior, and the boat Buchiem took pictures on other than 96 had the white interior.

Bilge_Rat · 03-26-10, 12:43 PM

for those who don't visit the mod forum, modders have already released a white interior:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166161

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=165759

modders are doing some amazing work..

SteamWake · 03-26-10, 01:21 PM

LOL three pages of rant on the color of paint and its already been modded... Priceless !

Nordmann · 03-26-10, 01:30 PM

Not surprising really, why rant, when you fix. Simple really. Besides, I'm sure many boats differed greatly, especially when production ramped up.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	LOL three pages of rant on the color of paint and its already been modded... Priceless ! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	So you all are saying that the presence of THE actual war time Commander of U-96 would not know the color of his own damn boat? As far as Buchiem bitching about Das Boot, Have you all not read the novel? Yes as with any literary work stuff is left out, but the parts that are in the film ARE IN THE NOVEL, including the screaming crew!!! Read the novel, it is in there. The brooding captain...in there, the boisterous crew at the hit of a torpedo...IN THERE!!! In Iron Coffins, Werner describes the interior of the first boat he saw as Wood paneled and GRAY!!!. Perhaps there were several schemes used over the course of the war.

03-03-10, 11:06 PM	#3
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	I have since seen German propaganda films, and the interior of the boats seem to vary, it is possible one yard did things differently than the other. It is possible U-96 had a grey interior, and the boat Buchiem took pictures on other than 96 had the white interior.