by Dan Banks » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:57 pm
Admiral Stark ordered the 1st pacific fleet to use the olive green all over in the fall of 1903, as in your first picture. Most were still in this scheme until the Yellow Sea battle. The Tsesarevich was one of the ships to break thru the blockade, and was interned in Tsingtao. Photos from this time would indicate she remained in this scheme at that time. The ships that returned to Port Arthur were blockaded and eventually destroyed by 11� mortars from the heights above the bay. Photos of the ships wrecked in Port Arthur show a lighter tone on the funnels and superstructure like your second picture. There is a post on this site that gives more info, I think it�s in the battleship section under Borodino class or Russian pre dreads. It was a long time ago, and there are no absolutes, so no one can really say what color they were at any given time. Nice model, I have it and have been somewhat intimidated to do the green scheme, but yours looks really good.
Admiral Stark ordered the 1st pacific fleet to use the olive green all over in the fall of 1903, as in your first picture. Most were still in this scheme until the Yellow Sea battle. The Tsesarevich was one of the ships to break thru the blockade, and was interned in Tsingtao. Photos from this time would indicate she remained in this scheme at that time. The ships that returned to Port Arthur were blockaded and eventually destroyed by 11� mortars from the heights above the bay. Photos of the ships wrecked in Port Arthur show a lighter tone on the funnels and superstructure like your second picture. There is a post on this site that gives more info, I think it�s in the battleship section under Borodino class or Russian pre dreads. It was a long time ago, and there are no absolutes, so no one can really say what color they were at any given time. Nice model, I have it and have been somewhat intimidated to do the green scheme, but yours looks really good.