Bluey1883 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Have hold of Tamiya's 1/700 E Class Destroyer which is making fro a nice build, but despite the range of reference available on colour schemes their is virtually no info around deck colours, can anybody got any info on this or can point me in the direction of some reference material. I got a couple of Shipcraft books and Angus Konstam's Destroyer series but nothing in any of these that helps. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugle07 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 When were you thinking of modelling her as I believe that can make a difference. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey1883 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 Was going to do her straight out of the box, so pre war 35/36 ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 The latex trowel-on non-slip deck coatings e.g. Semtex, Supertex or Aranbee hadn't appeared at this point, dark grey paint was in use on decks. In addition, linoleum products were in more extensive use in peacetime although the documents I've read are more in the context of which internal areas it was to be stripped from during wartime to reduce fire hazard, so I couldn't say with certainty where it would be found externally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey1883 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Thanks Jamie, so guess I can safely say that she would have been painted all over Home fleet Grey so 507A/B, with a dark grey deck, have read a number of references relating to Corticene and seen a number of models completed using this, but reference as to when it was introduced and how extensively it was used is scant, any ideas around its use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Hi, Strictly speaking in 1935/early 36 it would have been the pre-Jubilee version of Admiralty Pattern 507B which was somewhat glossy but had a little less blue pigment in it (but still some, so it wasn't a neutral grey). I.e. this ...compared to the final version introduced for the Jubilee in 1936 Corticene was one particular brand of linoleum which would be laid on decks. Its use pre-war isn't something I have too much information on, although it fell out of favour once the war started. I feel like its external use would have been selective rather than the Japanese practise of covering everything with the stuff. Photos would be needed to decifer that though. In good quality photos metal fastening strips can give away the locations of the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey1883 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Jamie, that's some great info thanks, see what you mean about the colour variation, guess though in 1/700 and using scale colour the variation is going to be almost indistinguishable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Yes true enough. I guess the key thing I wanted to get across was that these ships did have a somewhat shiny appearance so chasing a dead flat matt finish probably isn't what you're shooting at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey1883 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Get that, guess the challenge is to get a level of shine without making mirror like 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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