Paint scheme for Thermopylae

Hi!

   While the Thermopylea was White Star green( Light Pea Green ) I painted mine Maroon with a White Bootstripe. She looked so much better than black. I find the problem with Black ships and folks is this" You've seen one Black ship,You've seen them all". It is a prevailing fault of Humanity to Lump say twelve ships together even if lined up bow to bow, they are longer, shorter, and have different figureheads and modified rig. Why?"Well, they're all black so they must be the same!"

Merchant ships of the era were not really held to rigid standards.  The Captain of the ship could select a color if they wished to.

The colors of paint available in foriegn ports could vary, too.

Given the scarcity of confirming documents, a person could paint the kit Revell labels as Thermopoly in maroon and be as legit as using Pullman Green or black.

Mind, dep blue was a middling common color, too.

Your model, you can finish it as you see fit.

As I noted, that I know. Given the bits I have learned, hoping that someone "knows more..." Perhaps "fantaizing" that, maybe in the wool trade, hopefully before the barque rig, she might have been painted black (in an economizing measure...???)

crackers

When launched, the original Thermoply was colored green above the waterline,

Happy modeling  CRACKERS

 

When launched, the original Thermoply was colored green above the waterline,

Happy modeling  CRACKERS

Maybe she was painted black when she was Pedro Nunes. She's black in all the photos I've seen, lol.

AFA finding old threads, go back to Google. This sites search doesn't. Worthless.

Bill