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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 2:19 am 
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Brett Morrow wrote:
James may like to make comment as his description would be more precise, 507B before 1940 was a full gloss colour, A & B were the same colour but dependent on enamel content will present as a different tone/hue.


Hi Brett, I hope you're well? My only comment is that I think something has gone awry on the 50/50 digital sample. I downloaded your image to check the RBG values and whilst the 507C is bang on, the 507A is our NARN20 which is at its lightest tolerance (which is fine) but the reason there doesn't appear much difference between the 507A and 50/50 is that somehow the values have wandered downwards somewhere along the way.

I hope you don't mind but I've adjusted it a bit to show 507A at its nominal 10% RF appearance and fixed the 50/50 RGB values, so now they relate a bit better to one another. :smallsmile:

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Perfect James, thankyou for correcting, it did look a bit dark.
Mk I eyeball says it now looks close to the original WEM 507B.


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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 2:49 pm 
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Brett Morrow wrote:
Perfect James, thankyou for correcting, it did look a bit dark.
Mk I eyeball says it now looks close to the original WEM 507B.


Indeed it is. There are a couple of data points documented which indicate that the 50/50 mix should land at approximately 20% LRV. When I made linseed oil samples of 507A and C to the published formulae I mixed the results in equal parts and also got fairly close to this value. I'm not sure by what roundabout way it happened, but the Snyder & Short 507B chip measures out under spectrophotometer with a Light Reflectance Value of 19.6%, so I'd say your Mk.1 Eyeball is correctly calibrated today!

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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2021 11:10 pm 
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Hello, thanks for all your help with the paint schemes. I ended up choosing these three paints. It is nearly four hour return to the hobby shop and I don’t have a lot of time! Not completely happy but it was the closest I could find in a spray can,
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:20 am 
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Hello all,
I am hoping this is an image of the HMAS Waterhen. Can anyone clarify and hopefully have a better quality copy of it?
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It is HMAS Voyager at Coffs Harbour, 8th Aug 1938.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 4:40 am 
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Thankyou Brett,
still gives some good detail for my Waterhen - was looking for what sort of equipment was inside the searchlight tower amongst other things,
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Will, the only equipment within the platform was the searchlight. From `as fitted` drawings it appears there were two sizes of that particular projector, 21" and 24" Waterhen was fitted with a 24" and it was still fitted when she went down. I do not know what Mk this WW1 vintage S.L. was, and full clear images of it`s layout are very hard to find. Here are two images of the projector, both are of V Leaders, there was an operator platform towards the base of the pedestal.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:25 am 
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Hello all,
a question about the stern of the HMAS Waterhen at the time of her loss - what sort of depth charge set up did she have, if any - the stern looks rather bare to me, if anyone can advise - I am still plugging away with my 1/35 scale,
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2 rails, each of 4 DC canister capacity.


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:10 pm 
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Thanks alot Brett,
do you have any other reference images of the Waterhen, I have not seen that stern one before and think there must be alot more? (hopefully)
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I had uploaded the full cropped image for you a little over 3 years ago on `HMAS in Scale` did you not download it Will?


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