HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

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Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Sun Jun 02, 2024 6:16 am

More photos added to the post in the 'Completed Models' section Martin..
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Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by MartinJQuinn » Sun May 19, 2024 1:32 pm

Nice! Another silk purse from a sow's ear! Well done. More pictures please!

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Sun May 19, 2024 9:39 am

Just over four years after the suggestion, I finally finished the model. 1:500 scale, the ex. Frog kit:
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Depicted in March 1941, escorting Troop Convoy WS-7. As seen in the Royal Navy in Colour DVD.

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:47 am

dick wrote:
Mr. Church wrote:It would be interesting to know her underwater hull colour also...
Red at the time you are modelling.
Appreciate that, many thanks dick.

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by dick » Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:47 am

Mr. Church wrote:It would be interesting to know her underwater hull colour also...
Red at the time you are modelling.

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:41 pm

Some masking done.

I intend to model her as she appeared in March 1941. So the pattern was altered somewhat between then and the photo of her in the first post from August 1941.
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Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:43 am

It would be interesting to know her underwater hull colour also. It is tantalisingly close but not definitively visible in the Roland Smith DVD footage of her in a heavy sea in March 1941.

A period watercolour work from 1918 seems to imply a red shade at that time of her career anyway:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/183

Though it could possibly be the artist depicting corrosion to a grey underwater hull?

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by SovereignHobbies » Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:57 am

81542 wrote:steviecee,

I believe that Mr Church's interpretation is likely to be a good one. However, there might be more information in either Vol 1 or 2 of Alan Raven's four-part work on British warship camouflage. Sorry, can't remember the exact title but it can be found elsewhere on this site.

81542
In Warship Perspectives Volume 1 Raven states HMS Revenge wore 2 colours on one side and 3 on the other, citing Admiralty Pattern 507A, 507B and 507C. Obviously since two of those paints were identical in colour, that is difficult to reconcile with reality.

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by 81542 » Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:55 am

steviecee,

I believe that Mr Church's interpretation is likely to be a good one. However, there might be more information in either Vol 1 or 2 of Alan Raven's four-part work on British warship camouflage. Sorry, can't remember the exact title but it can be found elsewhere on this site.

81542

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Sat Nov 11, 2023 4:46 am

From the Roland Smith DVD colour footage I reckon 507A Home Fleet Dark Grey Shade, 507C foreign Stations Light Grey and a white false bow and stern section and possibly the raked funnel cap in white also.
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I'm not aware of any formal documentary evidence as it was an unofficial scheme.

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by steviecee » Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:35 pm

Any ides what the colors might be?

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:06 pm

MartinJQuinn wrote:Wow. Very striking camouflage. If only we had a model!
Three and a half years later... And we have red lead primer and fresh wood decks... But we are edging towards a battleship!
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I'll probably finish her as she appears in the Roland Smith DVD in colour from March 1941 when escorting Convoy WS7. More or less the same camouflage scheme as above, but some changes to the pattern.

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by steviecee » Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:40 pm

MartinJQuinn wrote:Wow. Very striking camouflage. If only we had a model!
and in 1/700!!

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:56 pm

Give me time and I will get to her in 1:500 ex-FROG!

Re: HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by MartinJQuinn » Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:38 am

Wow. Very striking camouflage. If only we had a model!

HMS Revenge Dazzle Camouflage - August 1941

by Mr. Church » Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:06 am

A lovely clear photo here showing the Port Side of H.M.S. Revenge in August 1941 in dazzle camouflage while on Convoy Escort Duty:

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php ... 03-63-4-58
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Edited to re-post photo for ease of viewing. Copyright rests with original owner.

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