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Watching with interest, here is a 4" hoist.

Thanks, we'll see what else might show up??

Anyknow knows what kind of boat they are?

Pretty sure they don't look like 25ft Fast Motor boat and 35ft Life Cutter or (FMB)

The boats indicated are another example of Trumpeter's patchy research. I know of no boats in the RN inventory which look like either of these; they appear to be approximations of a Kriegsmarine ship's boats! Add to that the lack of sheer for'd, the strange torpedo tube mounting, absence of boat davits, simplistic masthead RDF (not fitted on this build), and the very basic quadruple 0.5" mountings and one gets a below-average replica.

Re. HMS Sikh: Naval History Net states that in June 1941, Sikh received 2 single 2-pounders in her bridge wings as an anti-E-boat measure.
In September, 2x2cm singles were fittet to boost AA armament: where were they placed? a) In the bride wings replacing the 2 pounders, or b) replacing the .5 inch quads, or c) somewhere else?

Hey all...

Currently building a Tribal class destroyer (Punjabi) and wondering what the latest consensus is regarding what colour the anti-fouling paint below the waterline was?

Jamie at sovereign hobbies was doing some good research revealing that the major capital units of the RN were grey not red as previously thought, but what about the smaller vessels, such as the Tribals?

Any help would be appreciated...
Russ

I think you will find that Jamie at Sovereign Hobbies is simply hosting and illustrating my research into the colour of the anti-fouling on RN ships. For the sake of absolute clarity, only some of the bottoms of the major capital units of the RN were grey. Many were red.

As for RN Tribals, I have only managed to find records of any sort relating to their anti-fouling for two of them and neither is Punjabi. Your choice.

Hi Dick, thanks for the clarification on that... On the 2 Tribals that you did find info on, what colour did the anti fouling paint turn out to be?

One was red through most of her life but, given the make of paint used (a brief change from her usual one which was presumably temporarily not available at the foreign port in question) at one docking, would have been grey for a short period. The other, given the make of paint specified, should have been red.

I think I'll go with red then, Dick... Seems to be the safe bet. And since there's no evidence to the contrary...

Thank you for your assistance...