"USN WW2 color: are the colors 5N and 20B actually blue-ish?" Topic
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| taskforce58 | 25 Jul 2020 9:24 a.m. PST |
Going to paint some 1/3000 ships for USN during the Guadalcanal campaign (i.e. late 1942). Having done a bit of research but I still hesitate to put any paint on my models. Did the colors 5-N Navy Blue and 20B Deck Blue actually contain any tint of blue? They all looked more or less grey-ish to me. |
dragon6  | 25 Jul 2020 9:43 a.m. PST |
Yes they are both blue gray for varying shades of gray. 5N replaced Sea Blue which was lighter and more obviously blue but they are both blue |
 McKinstry  | 25 Jul 2020 10:44 a.m. PST |
20-B Deck Blue is most definitely blue but it did have a tendency towards a chalky grayish appearance with sun and salt. Even given weathering it still retained an overall blue look. I believe USS Texas is painted in 5N (might be 5S). Lots of color pictures of her on the web. I think a significant number of the US cruisers in the Solomons campaign were in an overall blue scheme. This is a great resource for US camouflage. link |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 26 Jul 2020 5:40 a.m. PST |
From the site McKinstry suggested which is a go to for me: link |
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