Laurence, you have just posted the BEST %^$#&@ photographs I've yet seen of
Roma! I feel eminently qualified to say this, as I have been hounding images of the
Veneto class for weeks, in preparation for my own scratchbuild project!
To JIM (or anyone else possibly interested in such information):
Just a couple points to make Re: the "Meshes" site. Don't rely on the CAD graphics posted there, of
Roma--they are of excellent quality and are overall very good efforts, but the hull configuration and certain details are NOT depicted correctly (again, I am on top of this because I am involved in my own current build).
1: Don't paint the lower hull in red anti-fouling. Just as the Axis master photographs show, use Verde Scuro (a shade of green), unless you're doing a half-
hull build or otherwise obscuring the bottom from view. This color is not included in the WEM Colourcoats RM paint set and, indeed it seems nobody has bothered to research this color as an official shade. However, I have a recommendation from Giampero at Regia Marina, to use Humbrol #149.
2: If the Axis model remains
unchanged from their CNC-milled aluminum master (the one shown on their site), you have a superb hull with which to work! Axis has it right, but the above-mentioned graphics do not. There are many subtle and complex details in the hull form, especially in the way the ship's armour belt and Pugliese protection was integrated into the hull. These details are beautifully rendered in the Axis aluminum master, but are missing or poorly rendered in those other images. I won't elaborate further here, but if you or anyone else would like more, I'll be happy to PM off-forum.
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