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[StartQuote] Thanks for the information Ted. Odd that the canvas was hung on the interior of the rails. That may be the only time I've seen that done. I've listened to a lot of opinions about paint color for the 109 boat over the years. Most of the information I got from Al Ross, Snyder & Short. I experimented a lot with the paint colors but the one that seems to come closest to the 109 in this photo is about 4-5 parts of the WEM Tropical Green and 2 parts black. Substituting dark gray for black may work just as well. There's something very distinctive about that color that is picked up in the Tropical Green paint The boat next to the 61 also looks very similar to that color but a little lighter. I have some chips of 5NG and their is something not quite right about that color. Maybe John Snyder from WEM will jump in and explain the difference after looking at the photos. The other thing that is striking to me are the covers of the torpedo tubes. They look like they are natural brass. This is replicated on the ends of the depth charges. I sent these photos off to a few different people to get opinions. Does anyone know what the covers were made of? Are they in fact brass? Were they coated with something to protect the metal from the elements? This to me was maybe the biggest surprise from the photos. Thanks again guys. Dave David Waples[EndQuote]
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