Hi Dave,dave77 wrote:hi all,
just a couple of questions on the 1/350 Trumpeter Hood.
What are parts F1 and F5 and what colour should they be?
and
i am adding some crew - what colour uniforms should they have?
thanks
F1 and F5 are wooden booms. These particular ones were unpainted wood. Interestingly enough, the very large amidships booms (mounted on the side of the hull roughly abreast the first funnel were painted hull colour (most people mistakenly leave this bare wood in colour...)
One other major thing to lookout for- don't mount the rafts to the side of the bridge wear Trumpeter tells you to! This is wrong for a 1941 Hood. See our article at http://hmshood.com/hoodtoday/models/tru ... mpeter.htm for specifics. Many people don't realise there is such a mistake in the Trumpter instructions.
Crew- It depends on when and where you are modelling her. If you are modelling her as late winter 1940/41 or Spring 1941, most men would have on cold weather gear.
The base uniform colour for the men would of course be navy blue (this would cover men in standard uniforms, officers in standard long coats, caps, etc). Many men would have on large "Winne the Pooh" coloured duffle coats. Some would have on oilskins (dark greyish colour). Some men may have standard caps, some may have battle bowlers (old fashioned British helmets) in dark green. If at sea some men may have "Mae West" life preservers on. There's a good chance they are wearing gas mask bags slung around them as well (tannish/green colour I believe).
The above applies to the RN lads. I assume the Marines would wear similar gear (and at that scale, I doubt anyone would notice). Of course, you could always throw in an officer with the white cap and red band on. You could also put the band on deck in pith helmets too.
I hope that helps.
Frank
I should paint them actually... 
) showing the Fast Motor Boats. It's the 25 and 35ft boats that are always wrong on all kits. One of the 35ft FMBs is actually the admirals barge. It bears a striking familiarity with the Royal Barge (I don't think that anyone knows this, so here you are 
). Difficult to see, as this Admirals Barge is only visible on a handful of pictures. It appears to have the same forward cabin arrangement but the pilot's position is also enclosed as on the 25ft FMBs and the aft cabin has a double window. The FMBs are shown more clearly in AOTS Victorious, displaying the 25ft FMB, 35 FMB and a 35ft FMB as a seaplane tender, that is, without it rear cabin and a different walkway between the two engines. If you want the lines drawings, you have to ask John Lambert nicely. She definitely did no longer carry the steam pinnaces. Note that AOTS is particularly poor in the drawings of the ships boats for the late version of HMS Hood. The only boat I'm not sure about is the 42ft motorized barge (it was present on her final configuration). I know what the unmotorized version looks like (AOTS Dreadnought). The KGV's carried other FMBs.
