Lindberg USS Constellation

Well I don't have "unwashed linen" paint closest I have is Tamiya Buff so it still will be a safe bet to do the washes over that . I actually was planning on doing the hull in black anyways. Right now I am studying the rigging diagaram of the USS Constitution to see what other standing rigging I can add to make it pop out more other than the bare basic rigging in the Lindberg rigging diagram. And I'll probably copy the Constitution painting only deviating from the hull stripe color and trim color same with the masts.

CapnMac82

Constellation presents a number of issues for painting.  Like having any sort of "primary" references like a person might have for a given aircraft.

Which colors at which time (and which ship) gets into some great debate.

Hard to go wrong with a hull color of deep-brown to black--like Testor's Rubber, with metal work picked out in gloss black.  Then a "stripe" along the gunports in either a natural wood color; yellow ochre  or white paint--that's pretty safe.  Fittings in either red or green (I kind of like pale green) are defensible, too. 

Decks, though, were "holy-stoned" every day.  Which is that they were washed down and scrubbed with sandstone blocks.  So, the decks were likely a pale silver-gray (like a weathered wood fence) with highlights in amber and grain and joints near-black.  If a person used, oh, "unbleached linen" and let that dry; then washed in, oh, a ghost or gull gray, and let that dry; then a wash of black ought to snap out more detail.

Going into action, the decks were strew with sand for traction, rather than have a coating applied.

Now, masts and spar are going to be another issue.  Naval practice varied as to what was painted, and where the demarcations were.

Hope that helps, some; any.

Constellation presents a number of issues for painting.  Like having any sort of "primary" references like a person might have for a given aircraft.

Which colors at which time (and which ship) gets into some great debate.

Hard to go wrong with a hull color of deep-brown to black--like Testor's Rubber, with metal work picked out in gloss black.  Then a "stripe" along the gunports in either a natural wood color; yellow ochre  or white paint--that's pretty safe.  Fittings in either red or green (I kind of like pale green) are defensible, too. 

Decks, though, were "holy-stoned" every day.  Which is that they were washed down and scrubbed with sandstone blocks.  So, the decks were likely a pale silver-gray (like a weathered wood fence) with highlights in amber and grain and joints near-black.  If a person used, oh, "unbleached linen" and let that dry; then washed in, oh, a ghost or gull gray, and let that dry; then a wash of black ought to snap out more detail.

Going into action, the decks were strew with sand for traction, rather than have a coating applied.

Now, masts and spar are going to be another issue.  Naval practice varied as to what was painted, and where the demarcations were.

Hope that helps, some; any.