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Posted by Michael Brown on February 6, 2019, 16:56:29, in reply to "Re: Color of Modern German warships?"
Depending on the year, she could have been BS381C 697 Light Admiralty Grey. The RN used that up to 1968. A very blue grey which looks different in various lights. These two Tribals have the same paint but look a different colour.
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Sorry, by that's what I was told on the Dean's Marine site for my Tartar Tribal Class Frigate.
Every British ship I have seen is a light grey, although the Campbeltown was a touch on the blue shead. Previous Message
I’m afraid that RN ships have never been Gull Grey which is a USN colour and totally different. The RN colour is BS381C 676 Light Weatherwork Grey which, like most RN colours of the past, is a blue grey.
https://www.e-paint.co.uk/Lab_values.asp?cRange=BS%20381C&cRef=BS381%20676&cDescription=Light%20weatherwork%20grey
https://www.e-paint.co.uk/Lab_values.asp?cRange=Federal%20Standard%20595&cRef=16440
Italian ships use RAL colours Weatherwork 7001, deck 7031 & flight deck 7016.
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My Brandenburg 1/96 scale used a rattle can (duplicolor) auto paint. I use a little darker shade the USN. HMS ships are definitely Gull Grey.
Italian ships look like standard haze grey (visited the Alpino in Baltimore). Previous Message
Are you sure? They were 2 tone sometime in the 1980s but don't look it now to me.
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Note that the hull and superstructure are different shades. The hull is darker than the upper works. Previous Message
The info I received from a friend in Germany was weatherwork RAL 7000 and decks RAL 7012. Previous Message
Does anyone know the color and/or an equivalent acrylic paint I could use?
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