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Hotschi -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/8/2015 6:53:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: warspite1
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ORIGINAL: Hotschi
This book is a excellent reference to Royal Navy and Commonwealth Navies' Camouflage schemes of WWII, 740 colour
illustrations of ships from destroyer downwards (announced for August 2015 is the volume of capital ships down to
cruiser). You can learn a lot of new things - f.e. HMAS Hobart, when arriving in Fremantle from the Med, was painted - pink...
Impressive how many different colours were in use... Unfortunately for WitP-AE, most illustrations show the starboard
side only (if you own that game, you know what I mean). Got a sample picture of one page, am not sure if it's okay to
post it here, you know, Copyrights and stuff...
warspite1
That's a shame for some colour schemes as they were different on each side. I am still - 2-years on - trying to make an HMS Warspite 1942 model. I did not realise the two sides were different. What a waste of time and paint....[8|]
Forgot to add, the book also has a page showing all colours which were in use in the RN during WW II. I think it is too soon to say you've wasted time and paint. First, not all schemes were different on each side, but for sure the"pattern" schemes were. Wait for the release of Wright's 2nd volume about large warships. If there is no portside of the Warspite, here's a method to work out the colours;
.) Get a photograph of both sides of the ship, 99% of the time this will be a b/w picture.
.) Now, scan the RN colour reference page in this book on to your computer, and convert it to a greyscale picture.
.) Compare both sides' photos of the Warspite with the greyscale scan, this way you can - in theory - suss out which b/w-shade refers to each colour.
I have to try this method myself one day...
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