Despite this I at least wanted to make a start....First up I trimmed and fitted the bridge to main hull
basically
Okay not a lot, but its a start.
Then I thought the most appropriate thing to do would be to paint the ships boats. I will paint the boat bays then fit the ships boats I guess, straight away I struck a small problem ....no information on the colour scheme for the ships boats . The whalers I have an idea on.... basically a royal blue hull to the waterline, standard RN grey below the water line, RAF light grey for the upper works except the roof which I think is white. The long boats I'm just unsure of.. I'm not sure about any of this, so any suggestions....go ahead.
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The kit has 8 ships boats, of which I think 6 will be needed for the Sydney. RN Carriers appear to have embarked at least two extra ships boats (the smallest motor skiffs which we called dogboats, as deck cargo. I never saw them on the later Melbourne, and have not found them in any of the period shots of the Sydney..
For the long boats I will paint them Royal blue hull to the waterline and grey below the waterline. The boat interiors I am intending to leave natural timber
I did find a pretty good web site on AWB colours and finishes. these aren't AWBs (Australian Work Boats) but I'm pretty sure they will be scaled down versions of the same.....
40' Army Workboats
This is an RAN AWB present day. Relative to the 1950s the hull colour has been lightened up dramatically, but it demonstrates the basic idea
This has a dark blue (Royal Blue) hull, RN grey below the Pplimsall line and RAF light grey for the superstructure
The RAAF WBs used a white hull colour, and are confusing since this shot is closer to the time period for the Sydney
So, any ideas for ships boats colours?