ArizonaBB39 wrote:
tegunn wrote:
Abram, the colors I used are Model Master Camouflage Gray for the tops and Testors (small, old style bottle) Flat Sea Blue. The funny story is that I was searching for a best/closest Sea Blue for the Ms 5S and a good friend told me the paint that has been on the shelf for a long time is a great match..I like it because I don't have to worry about getting identical mixes in between jobs/jars of paint. Plus with a touch of black it makes a spot on Deck Blue.
Thanks for the info. It looks darker than the Model Master 5S, more like the Model Master 5N. I bet this color looks closer to 5D in black and white too.
I am depicting her as she was after her repair from her collision with the Oklahoma with little/minimal weathering. 5S went on dark and fading quickly and I wanted to avoid the paler blue.
Depicting her paint job in 1941 you can more than likely have three options. The first one is the overall light gray as shown in the Jan 41 Puget Sound refit photos. She was then painted the 5D sometime in the summer and wore that until her collision with the Oklahoma (PH Oct-Nov). The directive for the new paint (5S) was back in September, but many ships still had their old measures(namely the Oklahoma and Nevada, experimental 5D with false bow wave). By then the paint had reached the yards but not necessarily the ships in November. The Arizona in the yard is assumed(seen by witnesses as well) to have received the 5S. Plus realistically, she had a flag officer assigned, so she was going to be compliant.