Bismarck
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With a matt black spray paint, colour the central part of the hull on both sides.
The picture shows the final result of the colouring of the black band towards the stern.
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Using Ral 8012 brown red colour paint, colour the part of the hull located below the water line. Warning! Let the paint dry well, then remove the paper and the paper
tape strips with which you covered the top of the model. Observe drawing 166 and draw in pencil the two reference lines to be able to colour the black band that runs along
the hull 5mm below the waterline and doubles in the central part of the hull 5mm above the waterline. See also the detailed pictures to identify the breakpoints of the double
black line: towards the bow from the fifth porthole and towards the stern from eyelet 630. Break the black line towards the stern with a small inclination towards the centre
of the hull as shown in the detail at the top left. Always work on both sides.
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Mask the model above and below the lines drawn so that you can proceed with the colouring of the black band. At the points of interruption towards the bow and stern of the double black
line, resume masking along the waterline. Mask the eyelets which protrude from the hull towards the stern and that are close to the upper limit of the black line. The central part of the hull that
corresponds to the black band must be free of masking as shown in the pictures above. As you can see from the initial scheme, part of the colouring will be the final one; while the rest will be the
background for the white tiles, which you will colour following the next steps.
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With wrapping paper and paper tape, mask and cover the model above the line
just drawn in order to preserve the decks and the section of the hull above the water-
line. Do this on both sides of the model.
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BOW
BOW
BOW
45mm
45mm
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10mm
