County class heavy cruiser...

[Devo]

G'day All,

Could someone please tell me what  colour I would see if I were standing under the shelter deck on a County Class Cruiser in overall 507c and I looked up? 

Cheers,

Devo

Edited July 6, 2021 by Devo
weather to shelter deck.

[Devo]

Anyone...?

 

Would it be light grey like the rest of the ship or would it be dark grey because it is the underside of the steel deck above....? 

 

I need to know as I have started painting my 1/350 KENT.

 

Regards,

Devo

[Modelholic]

The RN made extensive use of countershading. So very probably white (RN white had a cream tint to it I believe).

for example:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0730/0927/files/HMS_Belfast.pdf?v=1609588664

Tom

[Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies]

Of the photographs I do have of cruisers, the overheads where they can be seen were painted light grey like the rest of the ship when in the overall 507C scheme used inter-war on foreign stations. I don't have any photos in my files specifically of looking up under the enclosed areas of any County Class though.

 

Countershading would come into use later once camouflage became a concern.

[robgizlu]

Hi Devo

I'm with Jamie, this is the closest pic I've found which still doesn't confirm deck roof colour, but i suspect that painting a darker colour would have made little real sense - much easier to continue the superstructure colour up onto the "ceiling"

 

And looking at my Kent and Berwick completed models - it's really hard to see the underneath of the decks.

HTH

Rob

[Devo]

23 hours ago, Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies said:

Of the photographs I do have of cruisers, the overheads where they can be seen were painted light grey like the rest of the ship when in the overall 507C scheme used inter-war on foreign stations. I don't have any photos in my files specifically of looking up under the enclosed areas of any County Class though.

 

Countershading would come into use later once camouflage became a concern.

 

23 hours ago, robgizlu said:

Hi Devo

I'm with Jamie, this is the closest pic I've found which still doesn't confirm deck roof colour, but i suspect that painting a darker colour would have made little real sense - much easier to continue the superstructure colour up onto the "ceiling"

 

And looking at my Kent and Berwick completed models - it's really hard to see the underneath of the decks.

HTH

Rob

23 hours ago, robgizlu said:

Hi Devo

I'm with Jamie, this is the closest pic I've found which still doesn't confirm deck roof colour, but i suspect that painting a darker colour would have made little real sense - much easier to continue the superstructure colour up onto the "ceiling"

 

And looking at my Kent and Berwick completed models - it's really hard to see the underneath of the decks.

HTH

Rob

 

Thanks Gents, much appreciated. That was exactly the info I was after. 

Devo