Blindluck64 Posted August 7, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 7, 2017 Hi, let me introduce my self. My name is Brian and as I have gotten older I have found my love for our vets has grown. I have 4 family members who have served in the military. 3 in the navy and 1 in the army. I wanted to join the navy but due to vision issues I could not fallow in my family's service path. I am a huge WWII Pacific navy war buff. I had the honor of going to Pearl Harbor in 2016 and meeting a survivor at the memorial. I was so moved that I had to find a way to express my love for them. I decided to get into modeling. I know most of you are into the sailing ships but the project I am undertaking is about honor and love for all that served to keep us free. In honor of my family I am building the ships they served on accompanied by a tribute photo of them displayed with the model. In total I will be trying to build 15 ships, from the 8 battle ships in Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941 the 3 aircraft carriers Yorktown, Lexington, and Hornet. Along with the USS Missouri BB-63, USS Alabama BB-60 USS, Antietam CV-36 and the USS Coral Sea CV-43 I have already built the F4U-4 Corsair which my father was assigned to as a munitions specialist and gave it to him on fathers day. I am now working on the USS Antietam. I have run into a issue with her color scheme. The instruction color call out sheet is not correct. So I decided to wing it. The trouble I am having is all the pictures of her are in black and white. I have searched the internet for the correct colors for the flight deck, hull, guns, vertical, and deck, and am finding a wide range of opinions. Does anyone know where to find the correct scheme for her in 1953? I really appreciate any input. Thank you Brian mtaylor, EJ_L, ccoyle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted August 7, 2017 Share #2 Posted August 7, 2017 Hi, Brian. I can't answer your question, but I will welcome you to the forum. It's true we don't have as many steel navy enthusiasts as some other sites, but we do have a few, as you can see in the build logs, and we encourage modeling ships of every era and in most any medium. Cheers! Blindluck64, mtaylor and geoff 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindluck64 Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted August 7, 2017 Huh? Not sure I follow. mtaylor and geoff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindluck64 Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted August 7, 2017 OOPS!!! sorry I didn't see the top of the page. Part of my vision issues. mtaylor and geoff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ_L Posted August 7, 2017 Share #5 Posted August 7, 2017 Welcome to MSW Brian! While I cannot help you on the color problems, I can say that I would love to see some of your work. Best of luck on your current and future builds! mtaylor and geoff 2 Quote "A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor" - John George Hermanson -E.J. Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli Royal Caroline - Panart Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark. Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch. Member : Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted August 11, 2017 Share #6 Posted August 11, 2017 Brian, you might look here: http://www.shipcamouflage.com/usn_cv.htm This lists all the camo schemes for USN CVs in WWII. Antietam ended the war in Measure 21. Click on the yellow MS 21 and you will see what surfaces get painted what colors. Essentially Navy Blue 5-N, which is the designation of the formula used for that paint. However, sometime in 1945, USN started substituting Haze Gray for Navy Blue. May have to delve into the ship's history for when and if it was painted gray versus blue. mtaylor, CaptainSteve and geoff 3 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted August 12, 2017 Share #7 Posted August 12, 2017 Welcome to MSW Brian, All the best, Geoff Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Literalman Posted August 20, 2017 Share #8 Posted August 20, 2017 Welcome to the forum, Brian. I too have some family connections to the World War II U.S. Navy. One was an uncle who died a few years ago. I'd known since I was little that he had been in the Navy in World War II. When I learned his age, I did the arithmetic, and I realized that he had been 17 years old in 1945, the last year of the war. He must have enlisted as soon as he was eligible. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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