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Russian modern warship deck color

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Russian modern warship deck color
Posted by keilau on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:44 PM
What color best match the redish/orangeish/brownish color of the deck of a modern Russian warship?

Guido Hopp at modelwarships.com recommended the following receipt. Any comment?

Decks: Superstructure: Tamiya 50% Flat Yellow(XF-3)+ 50% Flat Red(XF-7), tanned down with 5-8% Flat Brown(XF-10) and a few drops of white, if you want the deck to have a more orange tint carefully add XF-7 only

KL
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:24 AM
WEM do it in a tinlet ready for use
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  • From: Windy city, US
Posted by keilau on Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:30 AM
reptile,

Thank you for the tip. I went to the WEM site and found the Russian Deck Red color. The WEM gave no information on their product, not even the size of the tinlet. Nor whether it is acrylic or enamel.

Anyway, the shipping is too expensive if I order only a few paint colors. Do they have a dealer in America?

KL
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  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Posted by seasick on Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:19 PM
Try Pacific Front Hobbies. http://www.pacificfront.com I bought the Soviet deck green by WEM from them 2 years ago. The paint is enamil and comes in a tin about the size of a Humbrol tin.

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  • From: Seattle, WA
Posted by Surface_Line on Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:02 PM
Two comments:
1) WEM's product is enamel

2) Soviet deck red/brown is not an exact color. In 1989, two Soviet warships visited San Diego, a Sovremmenny (Sov) and a Udaloy. They were in distinctly different shades of paint. The Sov was much darker grey and had browner decks. The Udaloy was a lighter grey, with a buff tint to it. Udaloy's decks were redder. And this was not a feature of a fresher coat of paint on one than the other - they had both been painted VERY recently. Maybe the colors reflected their different ship classes, different parent squadrons or different fleet ownership (both in the Pacific?), but the fact remains that two ships tied up in San Diego didn't match.

My point is that an "exact color recipe" may be correct for one Russian ship, but much more work than you need to go to for a different ship.

Take a look at: http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/
and particularly at
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/bpk18.jpg
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/bpk22.jpg
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/rkr07.jpg
and see the different shades of red/brown.
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  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Posted by seasick on Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:23 PM
The Russian deck brown and deck green are colors of the anti-skid coating that is placed on the decks. Like IJN grays of WW2 there is variation between different facilities.

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