So First off before I get roasted by Painter's, Purists on camos, and Historians off all ages. Yes I did a bit of research. No I'm not a Master Modeler. Nor am I a master painter. I can find 5... Yes 5 pics of the ship I am attempting to depict in measure 31 (not including the Measure's diagram). Also many of the paints used on the ships at the time were mixed on the spot and not necessarily quite right in color so I picked some close to the pallets I could find that I liked. There are a few interesting articles about that and some of the Diagram interpretations of the Dazzle Camo's in general especially on the stern. (I was lucky got a stern view that show's that there were no extra panels on 797). No I did not sand things all the way down to bare fiberglass and yes I am re using the pre existing deck color. (Many ships never made it into fully one camo or another and after a few weeks at sea you could see what's called chipping often showing her previous camo underneath one of the pics I found showed quite a bit of this on the bow.
So I've started repainting my Fletcher into 31 and have reached the irreversible point. So far I've gotten the Deck done and then taped it all off (probably going to have to retouch stuff and color match later but I have all winter) Right before I primed the hull a light sanding was done I am using the pre-existing paint a bit like a initial primer but still wanted cover my bases anyway.
The curves aren't quite perfect but I don't think they turned out too bad.
Also taped off the aft Super structure and got started on Mid. Nowhere near done there though Aft has gotten its first layer or two. (primer and Black so it don't look like much yet either)
I'll post more here as she progresses.
So I've started repainting my Fletcher into 31 and have reached the irreversible point. So far I've gotten the Deck done and then taped it all off (probably going to have to retouch stuff and color match later but I have all winter) Right before I primed the hull a light sanding was done I am using the pre-existing paint a bit like a initial primer but still wanted cover my bases anyway.
The curves aren't quite perfect but I don't think they turned out too bad.
Also taped off the aft Super structure and got started on Mid. Nowhere near done there though Aft has gotten its first layer or two. (primer and Black so it don't look like much yet either)
I'll post more here as she progresses.
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