The Loggie Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 OK, I've a hankering to build 'the Grey Ghost' from the Revell 1/570-scale kit. So I'm wondering, what colours to use. For her vertical surfaces, which light grey? Ghost grey? Or some other light grey? For her decks - were they also grey? I'm guessing that they were still wood, but were they still varnished (probably NOT glossy), or were they unpainted? Were they a flat colour for natural wood? Or were they also grey? If natural wood, what sort - a light colour like pine, or a teak, or a mahogany? And what of her funnels? What colour were they? I'm guessing that they were also the same light grey. And I've found a B&W photo that shows that the tops of the funnels were still black. TIA for your assistance. George, out................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stikpusher Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I think it would depend upon what Navy painted her. Was she in USN or RN colors? http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/images1/queen_mary.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/RMS_Queen_Mary_in_New_York_Harbor_during_World_War_II.jpg she appears to have worn both a lighter gray and a medium gray. I dont know the names of the RN colors, but if USN colors, they could be Haze Gray, which is very close to modern Neutral Gray, and Ocean Gray, which is very close to modern Gunship Gray She is moored up the coast a few miles from where I live. I was married aboard her in 1988... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Loggie Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Good point, Stikpusher. I'll have to research where she was painted. All I can be sure-of, is that the grey was LIGHTER that an RN grey ('else she wouldn't have nicknamed her 'the Grey Ghost'). Hopefully, this'll be a fun project - with all that railing and all those guns & tubs (yeah, right!) George, out................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmccarron Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 For an article on her sister ship, Queen Elizabeth, and her secret visit to Esquimalt BC, (Victoria), during the war, for conversion into a troopship, see the link below. HTH, cheers. Brian http://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Queen_Elizabeth.php Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stikpusher Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I look forward to seeing your build of this. She is a beautiful ship to be aboard. I bet she was even in warpaint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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