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JAPANESE DESTROYER DECKS
Posted by DURR on Monday, July 18, 2005 9:32 PM
does anyone have any info on which destroyers had a wooden decks and which had a linolem decks maybe by class or whatever
the paint guides on the back of the model boxes just have the whole ship in very dark gray with no other detail colors so i think they are wrong
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Posted by seasick on Monday, July 18, 2005 11:04 PM
Thats a tough one. I would venture that the destroyers built durring 1920s and before programs were probably teak. The later destroyers had linoleum.

Be careful, the wood decks could be painted over as can the linoleum. Though linoleum does not hold paint well. Ships were painted for operations. Japanesse paint did not have good quality control as far as color was concerned, though the paint was of good quality otherwise untill the last years of the war.

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Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:56 AM
To my knowledge, no IJN destroyers had wooden decks. They were covered with lino and used brass strips to hold them in place. The fore and aft areas by the anchors and depth charge racks were bare steel, painted in the hull color, with traction strips screwed into the deck. These were at angles, so it resembles oversized tread plate.

Jeff
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Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:09 PM
So what color were those linoleum decks? Did they paint them the same color as the hull and superstructure? I have about 50+ 1/700 scale Japanese destroyers I never painted because I could never (before now) get an accurate pic/description of how they were supposed to look.

Any details would help...
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Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:00 PM
Lino color is a red-brown, I've used rust colored paint from Testors.

Jeff
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Posted by Duke Maddog on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:01 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne

Lino color is a red-brown, I've used rust colored paint from Testors.

Jeff


Excellent! I can now get started on fixing up my Japanese Fleet!

Thank you so much Jeff!
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Posted by DURR on Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:04 AM
duke dont forget to fix the fleet right they dont float on the water they sit in the water real deep lol
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Posted by Duke Maddog on Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:41 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by DURR

duke dont forget to fix the fleet right they dont float on the water they sit in the water real deep lol


LOL! Yeah, I'll be sure to put them at the 'correct depth'! After all accuracy is paramount! Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by seasick on Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:01 PM
Linoleum colored paints are availible:

Pit-Road ship's colors has a color called IJN Linoleum.

Tamiya acyrilic has just started shipping a IJN Linoleum.

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Posted by Duke Maddog on Friday, July 22, 2005 1:16 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by seasick

Linoleum colored paints are availible:

Pit-Road ship's colors has a color called IJN Linoleum.

Tamiya acyrilic has just started shipping a IJN Linoleum.


Nice! Thank you for this info; it's very helpful. Unfortunately, none of my LHS carries Pit Road's paints, but I'll be looking for the Tamiya one next time I go shopping.
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