Lindberg "Jolly Roger"

Thanks for the welcome and your info about the inner paint scheme, highly appreciated. I was aware of the Victory homepage but I never found the information you've provided. I only saw the photos and wondered about the light paint, or better: about the inner bulkheads not being painted red. I ever thought they tried to 'lighten up' the decks for the visitors....
Dull Red Ochre ~ unfortunately, that doesn't say anything to me, i.e. I cannot imagine how this colour should look like. I know, when it comes to paint models of sailing ships, we cannot rely on standards (FS, BS, RAL, whatever...), but do you have an idea in which direction it could go? I assume, it isn't just a flat red, like MM #1550, right? Anyway, if I represent my model at the beginning of the 19th century, I'll paint the inner gun deck bulkheads 'off white'.
Thanks again for your lengthy reply; I'm afraid a few more questions will arise when I actually start to build that model (oh, and I have to learn all that English terms related to the 'age of sail'...)

Cheers ~ Olaf

Glad to help. To get to the color scheme from the [i]Victory'[i]s home page, click on "Reference" (on the "Main Menu" on the left side of the page), then "Model Makers," then "Colour Scheme."

Frankly I'd never seen the term "red ochre" either till I checked out that website. (I'm used to yellow ochre - but red?) The site contains quite a few photos that show the color, which is applied to the insides and edges of the gunport lids and the muzzles of the guns. It appears to be an extremely dull, non-descript, somewhat dark red. If you use a color that fits that description I doubt that anybody will be able to prove you're wrong. The point is to avoid a bright, shiny red - unless you're trying deliberately to emulate one of the old Board Room models.