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I'm halfway through my scratchbuild of the Maxim Gorky. I want to finish her in the Soviet colour scheme ..... white funnel with red band and yellow hammer and sickle. I have a query about the cheat line along the hull and the hull below the waterline. In some photos these appear to be a shade of green and in some a shade of blue. Does anyone have any idea what the actual colours were? I have another query about the decks. These appear in the photos to be green but I have seen pictures of some models showing the upper decks as being timber.

Any information would be really helpful.

Thanks

http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/HamburgMaximGorky.html

some useful photos in there. I can't find anything more useful, but it looks like green decks to me

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Thanks Rob, They certainly do seem to be green ...........any ideas about the cheatline along the hull and the aera below the waterline? I am tending towards blue since the name on the bow appears blue ............However I'd like to be sure before I go ahead and paint the model.

Hi Patrick,

I'd actually tend to green for the line and the name, looking at this pic:



Also found this one, which also appears green, although difficult to say I guess. The boot topping,which really is blue, doesn't look that different in shade.

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hey Patrick

that looks like a great project!
==> un-usual and rarely seen in small scale!

JIM B

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Just a had a quick scoot around the net

tricky....

here is a useful youtube link-0-showing good details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=cl6uaqDhb0c

this is worth a look

the ' trim lines' could well have been a aqua jade green...
but in soviet times I think the boot-topline was also green

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Beautiful work on the Gorky Patrick. One of my favorites. What a fleet of liners you have built in your shipyard.