by Cliffy B » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:02 pm
Rich here's the official camo sheets:
16D
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 09723c.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 09724c.htm
18D
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 09721c.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... 09722c.htm
It lists them as Ms 3x/16D and Ms 3x/18D. 18D has "BK" or black as the only concrete color and 16D has no colors listed, simply showing where to apply the light, medium, and dark colors.
They're some of those "open" schemes where you could sub in the appropriate colors based on theater of operations.
Ship Camo says CA-68 wore Ms 33/18D. Ms 33 is only 5-L and 5-O. Ms 32 is the same but adds BK.
http://www.shipcamouflage.com/usn_ca.htm
Other sources say she wore Ms 32 which is 5-L, 5-O, and BK.
Only options save for a rare scheme, would be:
5-L, 5-0 and BK
OR
5-P, 5-H, and 5-N
L and O were almost always paired with BK and NOT 5-N save for a couple of BBs (a rarity) and possibly a few others.
P and H were almost always paired with 5-N and NOT BK (haven't seen one yet at least).
Comparing black and white photos is far from an exact science and given different lighting conditions the two schemes (L,O,BK and P,H,N) could look different, the same, or even the opposite of each other.
I would personally go with L, O, and BK unless you prefer the colors of P, H, and N. You can always print the camo scheme sheets and display them next to your build proving that the scheme was "open" and no one will be able to fault you
Rich here's the official camo sheets:
16D
[url]http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g100000/g109723c.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g100000/g109724c.htm[/url]
18D
[url]http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g100000/g109721c.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g100000/g109722c.htm[/url]
It lists them as Ms 3x/16D and Ms 3x/18D. 18D has "BK" or black as the only concrete color and 16D has no colors listed, simply showing where to apply the light, medium, and dark colors.
They're some of those "open" schemes where you could sub in the appropriate colors based on theater of operations.
Ship Camo says CA-68 wore Ms 33/18D. Ms 33 is only 5-L and 5-O. Ms 32 is the same but adds BK.
[url]http://www.shipcamouflage.com/usn_ca.htm[/url]
Other sources say she wore Ms 32 which is 5-L, 5-O, and BK.
Only options save for a rare scheme, would be:
5-L, 5-0 and BK
OR
5-P, 5-H, and 5-N
L and O were almost always paired with BK and NOT 5-N save for a couple of BBs (a rarity) and possibly a few others.
P and H were almost always paired with 5-N and NOT BK (haven't seen one yet at least).
Comparing black and white photos is far from an exact science and given different lighting conditions the two schemes (L,O,BK and P,H,N) could look different, the same, or even the opposite of each other.
I would personally go with L, O, and BK unless you prefer the colors of P, H, and N. You can always print the camo scheme sheets and display them next to your build proving that the scheme was "open" and no one will be able to fault you :thumbs_up_1: