"Prewar/Early War Brit Fishing Trawlers" Topic
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Sundance | 09 Feb 2012 12:30 p.m. PST |
Were pre-war/early war British fishing trawlers painted up as they would be today in pretty colors, or were they darker greys, browns and black? Not sure what to do with my 1/1250 generic trawlers. |
Sundance | 09 Feb 2012 8:45 p.m. PST |
Found some resources giving hull and funnel colors at least. Some modeling/rc sites show various deck and superstructure coloring as well. Making do. |
bsrlee | 09 Feb 2012 11:41 p.m. PST |
Pre-war they would have been painted as the owner desired, mostly small companies with a handful of boats, likely painted in the same color scheme. When the Admiralty 'took up' the boats into service they would probably have been given a coat of Admiralty Grey as resources allowed. |
daghan | 10 Feb 2012 2:49 a.m. PST |
Go to Mal Wright's WWII Convoy Yahoo group. In the files section you'll find ship data cards for his rules with an elevation of the ship and it's camo colour scheme. He covers trawlers. |
Sundance | 10 Feb 2012 5:57 a.m. PST |
Excellent! Thanks! Found smoe b&w video of impressed trawlers for m/s duty and some, at least, are clearly still in company livery. Not sure of the date of the video, though. |
Mal Wright | 13 Feb 2012 6:44 a.m. PST |
At the start of WW2 there was not time, nor sufficient spare paint, to redo all the trawlers. Many wore black or dark brown hulls. Some had buff masts and superstructure. But funnels were consistently over painted in grey to show they were in naval service. By mid 1940 into 1941 nearly all the requesitioned trawlers had adopted naval paint schemes. |
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