BB Washington colors?

I'm in the process of doing the same conversion.  At the time of the battle with Kirishima, Washinton wore measure 22 (http://www.shipcamouflage.com/measure_22.htm) which she wore during her entire time in the Pacific.

You might look at this thread http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=7215 for a discussion of some of the issues with the kit.  If you are going to do the conversion, you will have a number of modifications to make.  First and foremost, at that time Washington carried no 40mm.  She had six 1.1 quad mounts.  In her original fit she had four, but two stern tubs were added at her refit in NY after returning from here Atlantic duty.  I highly recommend the 1.1's from Paper Labs (can be obtained through Pacific Front Hobbies), they have to be seen to be believed.  There are a host of other changes as well as dealing with flaws in the kit.  Right now I'm in the process of working up a master to replace the horribly oversized Mk 37, early mod. Directors.  There is also a prominent anchor washout cut in the port bow.

Here are a couple of photos of where I'm at:

Paul 

searat12 wrote:

Summit wrote: I just spent an hour on the phone with my Dad who is 91 and spent most of WWII on BB56. He told me and looked through many many photos of the ship and said it never had the fancy camo paint scheme like the sister BB55. Just two part gray. He told me "rust" was their camoflage. As he laughed telling me the ship was nicknamed the "Big Rusty W" !   Sounds like MS 22, with a heavy dose of rust then!

Yep, i'd would be doing MS22, although i'd be going a little light on the rust.

EdGrune wrote:

Tracy,  what is the status of the shipcamouflage message board.   Is it permenantly dead?

No, I  just need the time at the home computer to redo it. This weekend is a good possibility as my wife's out of town...

Summit wrote:

I just spent an hour on the phone with my Dad who is 91 and spent most of WWII on BB56. He told me and looked through many many photos of the ship and said it never had the fancy camo paint scheme like the sister BB55. Just two part gray. He told me "rust" was their camoflage. As he laughed telling me the ship was nicknamed the "Big Rusty W" !

Sounds like MS 22, with a heavy dose of rust then!

EdGrune wrote:

The information which John ar WEM references doesn't really give date breakdowns inside of calendar years.   You really need to consult secondary references, photos, logs, or yard availability.

We're working on fixing that, but it's a tall order. I've modified the CV pages for ships I have confirmable dates on. 

USNHC Photo

Photo from the US Naval Historical Center, caption date indicates 21-August-1942

Other photos on the web show the Washington in Measure 12(R) in June, 1942 while she was attached to the RN's Home Fleet at Scapa Flow.

The information which John ar WEM references doesn't really give date breakdowns inside of calendar years.   You really need to consult secondary references, photos, logs, or yard availability.   

It looks like the Washington returned from England and underwent a yard period, emerging in Ms22 before deploying to the Pacific

Have a look here:

http://www.shipcamouflage.com/camouflage_database.htm

Cheers,

John Snyder, White Ensign Models, http://WhiteEnsignModels.com