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Melchett


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Just joined this site today and I think posted in the wrong section. So here goes, post No2 the very same question. I have built a model of the Mark I prototype "Mother" my question is what colour do I now paint it???

Revell 78

Humbrol  66, 144 

or should it be somthing different

Regards
James

PS Sorry for listing in the wrong section!!!!!

-- Edited by Melchett on Saturday 28th of August 2010 12:05:26 PM

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I believe she should be in whatever shade of grey the Royal Navy were using at the time. However, apparently there was no standardisation between paint manufacturers so "Battleship Grey" from Arkwrights of York could be different to "Battleship Grey" from Harris of Hackney Wick. Ie, there is room for artistic interpretation.

Some photos appear to show her with a white-painted belly. And I can't recall if she had a stripe painted on her for the engine & transmission trials.

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Hi Melchett

I would be inclined to match it to this pic or something close...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Little_Willie.jpg

even if you mixed the colors using the original formula you would probarbly end up with something different...

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Melchett


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Thank you gentlmen for both of your input,  I will now match the paint to the photo and will start work on it after the bank hoilday.

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Melchett

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Mark Hansen


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You could also paint Mother in the Solomon scheme. There is one photo I know of that shows it relatively clearly. Rhomboid did a build of it with this scheme being applied and the photos should be on the forum somewhere.

PDA, your memory does not fail you; she did indeed have the stripe for the engine trials.

-- Edited by Mark Hansen on Sunday 29th of August 2010 10:21:20 AM

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