alvin5182 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Gents: Any thoughts/evidence with regard to wing gun muzzle coverings. Have seen continuous strips covering all three muzzles on either side as well some individual muzzle coverings. Any ideas on colours/types used on GSB finished machines. I am modelling KD572 and have the photo of it going in to the crash barriers on HMS Colussus. Unfortunately the photo is inconclusive. Alvin5182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I've seen 'em with good old red doped patches(looks good on GSB too),but whether that'd be the case in the Far East where they didn't do red roundel centres.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) Red was used before arrival in the Pacific (for example KD763 HMS Colossus, May 1945). Like Miggers, I'm uncertain about whether red was used in the Pacific. Edited November 6, 2012 by iang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Two things with this, first and foremost, red dope is very dull and the patches themselves quite small so they'd have been unlikely to have been mistaken for Japanese insignia but... ...more importantly... ...isn't that picture of KD572 taking the barrier a post-war picture, in which case the twichiness about being mistaken for Japanese would have gone away? Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin5182 Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks for the info gents! I'll go with the red. The photo is dated Sept '45. Red makes sense under the circumstances. Alvin5182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneyCol Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 If it's a doped patch it's most probable that it would be a brick red colour rather than roundel red as this would then tie in with the interior dope areas on many fabric areas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin5182 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Using Humbrol 60 over an "extra decal" stripe of red. Alvin5182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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