I'm working on a 1/700 London kit, and I'd like to have it depicted in its early 1943-stage. While the pattern itself is easy to reproduce, finding the correct colours for it is proving to be like finding a piece of hay in a stack of needles, with a lot of sources and "sources" contradicting eachother. Some say it's G10+B30+G45, others say G10+B15+B30+B55 or white+B10+B30+G45, others say it's shades of green with grey (I doubt that though). I know London had a peculiar and unique camouflage called "SPECIAL IDENTITY AND INCLINATION TYPE" with plenty of colours, but that seems to predate this one. I've snooped around a bit to find more info, and James Duff from Sovereign Hobbies already kindly replied to my email that it's very likely G10+B30+G45. But anyone with a definitive source?
The pattern I'm talking about:
(there is especially confusion about the hull, since on the side-shots, it appears the bow is darker than the stern, which would suggest a 4-tone camouflage like HMS Suffolk had around that period. But it could very well be a chromatic artefact from poor-quality film).
(HMS Suffolk, May 1943)