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[StartQuote] The real boats had 'copperoyd' paint on the bottoms. It's a copper-based anti-fouling paint designed to a) poison barnacles and other hangers-on, and b) slough off in layers so that new layers of toxic copper can poison more critters. Given the nature of the paint and its purpose, this is one color where some variation would be forgivable. I looked at a bunch of fishing boats here in Thailand that were painted with anti-fouling paint. Varies from blood red to mud red, with none of it looking like pure copper. I think copper based anti fouling paint is illegal in most countries now due to it being toxic to sea life. I've got some links somewhere in my bookmarks that go into detail on copperoyd, its chemistry, and why anti fouling paint ends up red. I'll post them some day but I came away with the impression that, for the period I'm interested in (1942-43 Solomons) WEM's paint will work just fine for my 105. It would probably be worth investing in some WEM anti fouling red to practice with on your 1/72 boats, spraying acrylic is a bit different to spraying lacquer. PS: worth noting that *none* of the copper based red anti fouling paint I've seen in real life looked like a typical oxide red. oxide red is IRON oxide (rust). [EndQuote]
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