Hi all!
Long time lurker looking for a bit of advice on the HMS Zulu.
I am currently working on the 1/350 Trumpeter kit, uprading it with the White Ensign PE set, North Star Models 4" gun, and 4.7 inch barrels by Master. Still undecided werther to use the WE boat and propeller replacement set or get some replacements elsewhere.
Anyway: I am not all that keen on the suggested sheme of blue-gray hull and light gray superstructure (looks too much like my US ships), so I am looking for a bit of advice on other possible paint schemes. I quite like Chris Floodberg's excellent HMCS Huron, so I want to try some kind of disruptive scheme instead.
I came across this image, supposedly showing her in a mediterranean scheme:
http://gb-navy-ww2.narod.ru/IMG-2D-DD-TRIBAL-ZULU.gifCan anyone confirm that she actually did wear some kind of disruptive scheme while deployed in the mediterranean.
Also: The colors in that image is obviously way off. This reference chart seems to suggest that the mediterranean scheme is actually much more gray (507A, 507B, 507C, MS1, MS3)
http://www.banksofthesusquehanna.com/Co ... _camo.htm#If I go for the mediterranean scheme the ship would need to be upgraded to the post June/july 1941 refit.
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono ... S_Zulu.htmIf the initial deployment post refit before going to the Mediterranean was NW Approaches duty, perhaps a different scheme altogether would be more appropriate? (I have a weakness for the Admiralty Disruptive scheme as seen on the HMS Renown, but I am unsure if this was also used on destroyers)
The June July refit also includes a re-arranging of the main mast:
"Refit work was also undertaken and including replacement of mainmast by a new structure to suit fit of aerial for wireless direction finding outfit. 20mm single Oerlikon mountings were fitted on bridge wings, Radar Type 285 for main armament gunnery fire control installed and depth charge throwers re-sited on quarter deck"
Would that still be the tripod mainmast as provided in the kit?
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.