| Old Jarhead | 28 Dec 2012 12:53 p.m. PST |
Can anyone tell me the deck color fro battleshipss and cruisers prior to WW1. |
 Texas Jack  | 28 Dec 2012 1:15 p.m. PST |
Thatīs quite a can of worms actually. Some would say something like deck tan (which to me isnīt tan at all!), while others would say a kind of reddish brown.
Personally, I decided years ago after much contemplation to stop contemplating and just paint the damn things light brown.
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GildasFacit  | 28 Dec 2012 2:06 p.m. PST |
It varies with the deck material and the way the deck has been treated. Traditional 'holystoned' wood is a pale dull cream to a washed out light brown, depending on the wood used. Some ships had a composite laid over the decking – something akin to lino, I think. That was often a darker brown or even a muddy grey. Varnished decks were not common but did exist – usually attempts at a protective finish that wasn't slippery and was low maintenance. Varied from dark, rich browns (over a teak deck) to yellowish browns. Smaller vessels such as torpedo boats may have sections of metal grating deck – even the odd cruiser had bits of that. Often painted the same colour as the surrounding superstructure. Even knowing all that, much of the time I don't know which ships had what and when, so Texas Jack's methodology isn't that bad an idea. I tend to do a class all with the same but sometimes different classes get different colours. |
| Old Jarhead | 28 Dec 2012 4:58 p.m. PST |
Texas Jack, Perfect answer fro me many thanks Colin |
| Texas Jack | 28 Dec 2012 5:35 p.m. PST |
My pleasure. Life is complicated enough without looking to make it more so  |
| dragon6 | 28 Dec 2012 9:43 p.m. PST |
You might check this out link
The War Time Journal people do some nice stuff |
| Texas Jack | 29 Dec 2012 2:52 a.m. PST |
I like most of the recommendations on the WTJ site, except for the decks. I donīt think anyone can rightly say bleached bone was the color of MOST decks, and besides, to me it looks just plain ugly The WTJ ships though, are the most beautiful 1/3000 pre-dreads I have ever seen. |
 Martin Rapier | 29 Dec 2012 6:46 a.m. PST |
Ships of her/his Majesty always have properly holystoned decks of course. Otherwise YMMV, sloppy Pickelhaube wearing German types probably have dirty scuffed decks from marching up and down them in jackbots. I shudder to think what the Russian use the decks for. |
| Allen57 | 29 Dec 2012 3:08 p.m. PST |
As pointed out decks varied. I would suggest that you paint different nationalities with different deck colors. Makes it easier to tell them apart. |
 Only Warlock | 30 Dec 2012 4:40 p.m. PST |
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| Old Jarhead | 01 Jan 2013 10:04 a.m. PST |
Martin, Russian decks a nasty brown color??? Colin |
| myrm11 | 02 Jan 2013 6:43 a.m. PST |
Particularly during Tsushima, so they say…. |
| The Young Guard | 02 Jan 2013 9:14 a.m. PST |
but then they were washed clean as they sunk |
