Calling all Conte di Cavour-class & Andrea Doria-class fans

[apfelzra69]

Regarding painting the superstructure parts, this has always been a major effort for me with dazzle camouflage patterns. When the superstructure is in one or two parts, this can be done with brushing before gluing the parts into place on the hull; at least the part to be glued can be held at various angles to access every section. What I do first is spray or airbrush the lightest color on the whole section (e.g, the bridge), including the bridge deck undersides, then brush on the darker color(s) afterward. I have found that using paints of different types (acrylic for one color, oil-based enamel for another) minimizes smearing when one color overlaps another. It is tedious, but that is part of building a detailed model. Frequent touch-ups of the colors will be necessary to assure straight line or gentle curve separation, which is usually the case in the superstructure sections. I've attached two photos of the port and starboard sides of the bridge and nearby structures. The model still isn't completed; I'm awaiting the arrival of 3D-printed twin 37mm and twin 20mm AA guns, as well as porthole scuttles.

[pascalemod]

Anyone knows how the Gulio Cesare was repainted by USSR in 1940s -50s?

I found two versions in contemporary searches. Photos are also hard to understand. I present two version - white-red or white-black-red. 1 or 2?

Anyone has good evidence or thoughts? I found very few color photos of ships of the era, naturally, but one of them is 1954 parade in Leningrad and Sevastopol of some cruisers, which both had black boot topping showing in both instances (red is also photographed as a band on a funnel, so can tell the film is not misleading). Yet models of the ship do not show the black part. Dry dock of Novorossyisk shows black (or dark red) also but from 1949. Also same cruiser was painted without black in another photo. Apparently they would paint the black one at some point, while others - not have it. Both versions probably OK in general...

My theory - on Novorossiysk - it was black because it was a training ship and spent most of the time in port, and would foul up of course more, so black made a lot of sense.

So for model purposes, the white - black - red (2) makes most sense, but prove me wrong if you can?