Wanted to add to this thread as startup Triumph Models outfit released HMS Lion in 1914 and 1916 fit, in full hull, in 1/700 from resin+3d printed parts.
I picked the kit up and started to tinker with it. Oversized hull plates and not very accurate, so hull itself needs work.
In my search for photo references for things such as the hull, there is surprisingly little available online photos, especially in full hull. Whats interesting is how different the ship used to sit in the water, it lacked or had boot topping, etc. The draft markings seem to vary also.
The hull should be grey below water according to Richard Dennis (on FB) and so this would build quite beautifully, I imagine. This model is in the Elgin museum (only one picture I could find, if anyone has more please share).
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Whats interesting for me is to determine how it was painted. On the pic below, the ship in dry dock has 4 colors - antifouling, freeboard, and then the boot topping. I wonder if it is really grey hull, then dark grey boot topping above water and black boot topping below water, and then antifouling color? But that is a bit strange, why would boot topping be grey and black? Or what am I looking at exactly?
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