"Span Am ship colours" Topic
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| colkitto | 13 Aug 2018 2:10 p.m. PST |
I thought the Spanish ships were black, white and yellow/buff, but I came across this interesting website where the bloke sound like he knows what he's talking about: link According to him C Colon was black with yellow funnels on the voyage to Cuba, then black overall at Santiago. (Incidentally this site says Colon had dummy guns in place: spanamwar.com/colon.htm ) The model guy has also got a diorama with Infanta Maria Teresa also in black overall. Anyone got similar sources? I can see it makes sense, although from an aesthetic point of view the white and yellow make for prettier models. Also found a sentence in Wilson's Battleships in Action which says the Americans were painted light grey green. I suppose that's a matter of interpretation! |
| Texas Jack | 14 Aug 2018 4:14 a.m. PST |
This (from WTJ) is how I painted mine up years ago:
Spain
Peacetime: Most ships had a black hull with white upperworks (superstructure) and ochre funnels. Some light vessels were seen to have all white hulls and upperworks with ochre funnels. Wartime: No special wartime colors are known. Source: link |
| colkitto | 20 Aug 2018 1:26 p.m. PST |
Have also just noticed that Wilson says the Spanish ships at Manila were grey! |
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