The Ship Model Forum

ar wrote:Type 286 radar was fitted to the Repulse at Freetown in August 1941.
Located at the rear of the AD platform on a short pole mast.

RNFanDan wrote:HMS Repulse wore the dark/light scheme of 507C and what one authoritative source has economically described as "black". Black may not serve well on a scale model however, and in my own mixing experiments (I cannot use petroleum-based enamels here) with PollyScale and other Acrylics, I've come very close to AP507C with a base of gull grey and white, while using a very dark British Ocean Grey, further deepened with black, for the countershade color.

As far as her pattern, it apparently changed in 1941 between its initial application and the time of the ship's loss on 10 December. From photographic references, it appears the bulkhead of the starboard gunhouse shelter extension (the roof of which supports the ship's aftermost 4-in. single HA gun) was black earlier in the year but 507C by the time she reached Singapore.

If the patterns both port and starboard were the same, then this would also apply to the port gunhouse extension. In photos taken of the ship after receiving her Type 284 main gunnery radar at Rosyth in midsummer, and a number of 20mm Oerlikons, the panel had been repainted in light. A late-year photograph taken of the ship leaving Singapore on its final sortie also reveals her port gunhouse extension bulkhead to be light.

After disengaging from the Bismarck chase, Repulse briefly put into Halifax and then steamed back to home waters, escorting an inbound convoy en route. A photo taken of her during this passage reveals the dark starboard bulkhead, and I believe her time at Halifax was too brief (and her recall too urgent) to have undertaken a repaint.

Hope this helps...?

MartinJQuinn wrote:...when did Repulse repaint out of 507B/507C into her new pattern? I've seen a photo labeled late 1940/early 1941 that still shows here in 507B.

...in the new Shipcraft book, the color profile of Repulse seems to show not only 507C and black (or very dark neutral gray) but white on the sides of the two forward turrets and on the hull amidships.

RNfanDan wrote:Alan,

The edit was made out of respect for your position and privacy. Please accept my apology. Perhaps I might be able to pass along my information through LB?

Thank you.

RNfanDan wrote:There have been no less than eight commercially-produced models of HMS Repulse released to date:

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Of these eight models (the Airfix/MPC/Frog kits are the same moulding), only one is evidently meant to depict Repulse in a guise OTHER than the ship's 1941 or "as sunk" appearance. In addition, NONE of these models appear to be anatomically correct for their intended configurations.

angeleyes wrote:Thank you for your help Sylvain.One thing only: I don't know what AP 507 stands for so i couldn't figured out the shade.I presume is some sort of mid-Grey but can you tell me which standard it is so i can look it up or can you provide me with a equivalent or something close in Humbrol?

MartinJQuinn wrote:From a postcard I recently won on e-bay. Obviously the caption is wrong, it's certainly not Tiger - it's either Repulse or Renown in an interesting camouflage pattern.