gamevender Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I'm working on a post war HMS Eagle and am wondering what color the non-flight deck surface color was? Was it the same light grey as the vertical surfaces or was it the predominant color of the flight deck, be it green or grey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 From memory, the Eagle's side and island decks were grey. This model plan, dated 1962, appears to confirm this as being light blue grey; however, due to wear and tear I would think the walking areas would be a darker grey. I have seen however, a photo of HMS Ark Royal (post modernisation) with green decks on the island's top deck. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Degenhardt Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Using this thread to ask another question: I wish to put my Westland Wyvern on a small deck section of HMS EAGLE in 1958, but am in doubt about the deck colour - does anyone know a good match for "Dark Grey-Green" (see above). Or did the carrier have grey flight deck sections as well? And if so, what shade would be appropriate for those? Ingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Difficult to tell from this photo quite when it was taken - I suspect late 60s/early 70s, but it clearly shows a very dark grey launch/recovery area with a lighter, but still dark grey manoeuvring area: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/32/34/3c32349ed343934edcda3d3f3bf79a1c.jpg This one, which is earlier, supports that colour scheme: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/157766793169845075/visual-search/?x=15&y=14&w=470&h=466 However, this photo, which is captioned 1958, definitely shows a darkish grey launch/recovery area with a grey/green manoeuvring area: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hms-eagle-1958-preparing-for-flying-95683087.html This one which will be similar era seems to show the same: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hms-eagle-seahawk-preparing-for-takeoff-93013800.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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