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Japanese Fleet colors at Yalu battle, 1894

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[quote="PetrOs"]Hi, As I consider a large diorama in 1/2000 with most of japanese fleet shown at the battle of Yalu, I am a bit confused about the exact colors. I lack photos dated close enough. Most paintings and the few general photos show the ships being in white and buff (on some pure white, on some funnel looks darker, either grey or buff), and a few in grey Which is really the case?[/quote]

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Re: Japanese Fleet colors at Yalu battle, 1894

I located some US Navy Photo compilations "Japanese Navy in 1894" at history.navy.mil
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... 88895.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collec ... 88896.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... 88897.html

Do you think you can trust them?
Also, on many ships the funnels/superstructures are darker, would it be buff or grey? Also, what I consider white could be light grey?

From what I could see the list is:
Yoshino - white, black stripe, darker funnels and superstructure
Naniwa - white overall except for a narrow dark strip on the side
Takachiho, Akitsushima, Itsukushima, Matshushima, Hashidate, and Fuso - same as Yoshino
Chiyoda - white without any black stripes, darker funnels and superstructures
Hiei - black with white border and light colored superstructures? Classic victorian? Or white over black? Or Buff over black?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:17 am

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Japanese Fleet colors at Yalu battle, 1894

Hi,

As I consider a large diorama in 1/2000 with most of japanese fleet shown at the battle of Yalu, I am a bit confused about the exact colors. I lack photos dated close enough. Most paintings and the few general photos show the ships being in white and buff (on some pure white, on some funnel looks darker, either grey or buff), and a few in grey Which is really the case?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:18 am

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