HMS Warspite

ferg220683 · Post by **ferg220683** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:27 am

Hello guys/gals

I want to paint up my HMS Warspite to look like this

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But can you tell me, is it actually painted White or is that a very light grey?

Thanks

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John Snyder · Post by **John Snyder** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:14 am

That is AP 507C Admiralty Light Grey (item RN 03 in our Colourcoats paints), which was the standard pre-war color for the RN Mediterranean Fleet. Steel decks were AP 507A Admiralty Dark Grey (Colourcoats RN 01), wood decks were holystoned teak (Colourcoats C 01), and there were some bridge decks covered in Corticene (Colourcoats RN 24).

D-Boy · Post by **D-Boy** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:33 am

John @ WEM wrote:That is AP 507C Admiralty Light Grey (item RN 03 in our Colourcoats paints), which was the standard pre-war color for the RN Mediterranean Fleet. Steel decks were AP 507A Admiralty Dark Grey (Colourcoats RN 01), wood decks were holystoned teak (Colourcoats C 01), and there were some bridge decks covered in Corticene (Colourcoats RN 24).

And that, ladies and gents, is a definitive answer.

Have just started using the WEM Colourcoats paint line - lovely stuff. USed by many on this forum, and my first airbrushings with these paints in the last month went on beautifully. Order and use without hesitation!

Tracy White · Post by **Tracy White** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:09 pm

John, would those colors still have been "in effect" when she hit Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repair in 1941? If I do a Warspite, it'll be that time frame.

Ship Model Gallery · Post by **MartinJQuinn** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:32 pm

Tracy White wrote:John, would those colors still have been "in effect" when she hit Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repair in 1941? If I do a Warspite, it'll be that time frame.

She was wearing another color - Medium Gray 507B - as part of a camo scheme by the time she ended up in PSNY.

Filipe Ramires · Post by **Filipe Ramires** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:28 pm

That raises a question which I had for sometime but never got to post it because I didn't find it relevant....is there any particular paint/reference for the red and blue stripes on the turrets for aerial identification of the ship or they are just random red and blues out of the stock of the ship/port???

ferg220683 · Post by **ferg220683** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:54 pm

Awesome reply

Can't get any more accurate than that...

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