FW_Allen wrote:
FW_Allen wrote:
For Big Y as lost, we're talking overall Kure grey with black funnel top & mast right?
I've gone through tons of past posts and see conflicting info on decks though. What's the latest consensus (assuming there is one) on decks? Was the flight deck unpainted concrete, some different non-slip coating, or was it painted the same color as rest of ship? I see the linoleum strip areas as being sometimes linoleum brown and sometimes grey...what's up with that? Lastly, any updates on the wooden decks - unpainted but greyed wood or stained (rather re-stained) with soot/oil/stain? I'm assuming this last one is still a point of contention. The decks look dark in the last photos, but they could just be wet of course. I see white markings at various stations as well. Can anyone shed any light on number and locations?
Does anyone have any info on this?
Not sure about the concrete deck - But every Japanese reconstruction I've seen has them painted gray.
For the wood decks - despite the sometimes conflicting 'theories' and posts - I have as close to definitive information as we can ever find (as I always post when this comes up), to wit:
Mitsuru Yoshida (writing in 1946) states plainly in "Requiem for Battleship Yamato" that her decks were painted "JET BLACK" for the final mission. Later on in the book he comments on the grotesque appearance of her decks after repeated bombs and bullets had torn the decks apart exposing the wood.
So the wood decks should be painted black. The concrete should be (presumably) the same gray as the hull color. Can't go wrong with those choices.
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