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Old 02-24-12, 08:51 AM   #11
TarJak
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Originally Posted by Seeadler View Post
In the book "HMS Victory" by Noel CLHackney you can read that during the reorganization of the ship in 1800, the gun deck fittings and the gun carriages were painted by instructions of the Admiralty in sunflower yellow, the original red color remains only on the gun ports fittings and the insides of the gun port hatch covers.

BTW:
I build the Victory in 1:100 (Heller kit)
Thanks for the info. Would like to see the Heller version. Do you have any shots?

I'll post another update on mine soon as I've managed to complete a few more stages of construction.
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