Mariner1972 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Hi all, I am just about to start with building a 1/350 Trumpeter USS Franklin CV13. This is my 1st air craft carrier i am trying to build. I have already completeted my Air Wing ,now the task of the ship itself. I have noticed there's a lot of openings to look inside . Does anyone know the general interior colour? F.S ? I tend to use Vallejo paints. I know there's a lot of topics regarding the correct outside colours (5-N, 20-B etc) but nothing for interior. Any ideas? I was planning on gull grey? cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I am presuming that you are referring to the hangar area? My understanding is that the hangar walls were painted white, the lighting wasn't the best during the war period and as much reflective light would have been needed for working in there. Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 US carrier hangar bay bulkheads and overheads were typically 5-U white but I've seen photos inside Yorktown (CV-5) that looked a lot like aluminium paint. Hangar deck plate was typically 20B unlike the flight decks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I don’t know if this helps but here is a picture of the hangar on the Intrepid taken in 2012. Sorry there’s a TBM/TBF in the way! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariner1972 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Cheers guys, thanks for the info. White it is. Now just need to get the correct USN colours for the razzle dazzle camo. I've researched this a lot on the web and there's a lot of conflicting views to get the right shades. I try to get the equivalent F.S numbers so I can get the nearest Vallejo. Going to be a tricky camo to paint . http://www.usndazzle.com/design.php?category=1&class=1&design_num=6A&designed_for_type=CV&designed_for_num=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 That's Measure 32, Design 6A so I'm not sure why you're finding conflicting information about it. That said, I've never looked. http://www.shipcamouflage.com/measure_32.htm All colour names are listed above. I don't believe anyone knows more about US Navy camouflage colours than John Snyder and Randy Short's combined knowledge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Franklin was painted at different times in Measure 32 6A and in 3A. (I don't recall which was first.) For some time it had only one side repainted. Good luck with the rather exotic pattern. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) "Franklin was commissioned in 6A on Jan 31 1944. However, by the time she left for the Pacific (3 months later) the port side had been repainted into a different design - design 3A. Therefore, for the period from May 5 1944 to Nov 28 1944, Franklin's camouflage designation was 32/6A-3A. She was the only carrier to wear a pattern composed from two different designs. Structurally Franklin's bridge was extended and the hangar catapult removed when her port side design was reworked." Source: USN Camouflage of the WW2 Era 2: Fleet Carriers (Floating Drydock, long, long, ago). Edited January 21, 2018 by Seahawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Here's a link to an interesting discussion about paint (or lack of it) http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5363. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariner1972 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Seahawk , that's what I thought . One side was one measure while the other was so thing else. I've seen some footage with simular camo to the plan I put the link to. Also I've watched the documentary on Netflix about the Franklin. Where the captain blamed a lot of men jumping off the ship.after the kamocarzi ( spelling?) They had a good reason too! . He seemed liked a completely utter idiot compared to the previous captain. They were shunned for jumping off. Edited January 21, 2018 by Mariner1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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