K2Pete Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm not a ship modeler, guys ... so my question is pretty simplistic. ( I do have HMCS Haida in my stash and will be building this resin kit this year ) and I hesitate to even ask it ... but ... I live about 1/2 mile from the Welland Canal in Canada and just saw the USS De Wert and USS Hurricane transit thru Lock 2 ( 8 locks total ). They're part of a Good WIll tour of the Great Lakes along with HMCS Ville de Quebec. I went on YouTube and watched a video tour of the Hurricane and wondered why, in the navy, even the engines are painted the same colour as the rest of the vessel. I kinda figgered they'd be, oh I don't know, another colour. Please be kind with your answers ... Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rustywelder Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Less colours to keep in the supply chain? I honestly have no idea, but i got to do a walking to tour of one of the hurricane's sister boats the USS Shamal at sailabration in baltimore a while back and her engines were yellowish. They are neat little ships that from what I can gather Have no real mission. I was told they are being used in Bahrain to protect oil rigs and the general idea was they were to slug it out with anything up to as large as a destroyer expend their ammo and if they havent allrerady been sunk by that point (or the calvary has'nt arrived) they are to ram the attacking ship. I dont know how true this is.. it seems a bit far fetched for a US misson. Edited August 6, 2012 by rustywelder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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