About merchant ship wartime colours

Mister_M · 10-28-21, 06:37 PM

Nice work gap. Very few ships are painted all grey. But something is interesting : it seems that buff superstructures are part of the camouflage system. Indeed, look at the tanker British Genius : original funnel colors are not buff. Maybe it was because grey paint was in short supply, and they used buff paint to do the rest... Another fun fact : the hull has a camo pattern.

Else, the Ellerman's Hall Line seems to have decided to repaint all funnels in orange...

10-28-21, 06:37 PM	#21
Mister_M Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 860 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Nice work gap. Very few ships are painted all grey. But something is interesting : it seems that buff superstructures are part of the camouflage system. Indeed, look at the tanker British Genius : original funnel colors are not buff. Maybe it was because grey paint was in short supply, and they used buff paint to do the rest... Another fun fact : the hull has a camo pattern. Else, the Ellerman's Hall Line seems to have decided to repaint all funnels in orange...