RobertF Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Hello all, I was wondering which paint to use on RN ships from the 1980s and 1990s, like the Type 42 destroyers and Type 22 frigates. IIRC this "navy grey" had some sort of greenish hue over it.. Any help is greatly appreciated! Cheers, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 BS381C-676 Light Weatherwork Grey is what you're looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertF Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Thanks Jamie! Does that happen to be in your model paint range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertF Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Found it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertF Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Unfortunately Jamie, according to your website you don't ship to the Netherlands.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Hi When i was in devonport dockyard, as the falklands was kicking off, the dockyard painters were mixing batches and colours of paint to make south atlantic grey as there was none available in NSN stocks as you went past the frigates moored on the dockside on the river tamar, i don't think i saw one that was the same colour south atlantic grey cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 As most of the Task Force ships had sailed by then, some direct from Gib, the Med, West Indies, Persian Gulf, Mombasa (via Gib) or already in the Atlantic, then any painting done at Devonport and Portsmouth would be for ships of the second and subsequent groups, or battle casualty replacements. The first group would have still been in standard RN grey during the conflict. cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) Hi Another thing i just recalled was the waterlines were painted out on some of the ships can"t remember about atlantic conveyor cheers jerry Edited June 10, 2022 by brewerjerry typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Didnt Exeter have a blue cheat line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Exeter had an experimental antifouling paint at the time, which was only available in blue - so yes, her boot topping was blue. When Ark Royal emerged 4 years later, she also had an odd coloured boot topping; dark grey in her case. Neither Exeter nor Ark stayed non-standard for long 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 BRAVE's boot topping was a slightly darker grey than weatherwork grey when she commissioned in 86. By the time I joined her in late 1990 she'd reverted to black over I think dark red 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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