USNCHief013107 Posted March 30, 2022 #1 Posted March 30, 2022 Building a Dapper Tom and I am asking if the color for the Tops on the Main, Fore and Bowsprit are the same as the color band/stripe on the hull where the gun ports are? I currently have a black hull with a yellow tinted band at the gunports and was wondering if white on the tops etc. would be appropriate. Cheers! Quote
Oldsalt1950 Posted March 30, 2022 #2 Posted March 30, 2022 I assume your mast platforms are black? If so white would be in order Chief. Jim (Stg1sw (ret) ) mtaylor 1 Quote Current Build: Fair American - Model Shipways Awaiting Parts - Rattlesnake On the Shelf - English Pinnace 18Th Century Longboat I stand firmly against piracy!
USNCHief013107 Posted March 30, 2022 Author #3 Posted March 30, 2022 25 minutes ago, Oldsalt1950 said: I assume your mast platforms are black? If so white would be in order Chief. Jim (Stg1sw (ret) ) Jim, What do you mean by Mast Platforms? Quote
Oldsalt1950 Posted March 30, 2022 #4 Posted March 30, 2022 Dapper Tom has a crosstree and mast platform on the main mast, I assume that you have painted that black, along with the various spars. If so , I would use white for some contrast on the mast tops and bow sprit. Jim mtaylor 1 Quote Current Build: Fair American - Model Shipways Awaiting Parts - Rattlesnake On the Shelf - English Pinnace 18Th Century Longboat I stand firmly against piracy!
USNCHief013107 Posted March 30, 2022 Author #5 Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Oldsalt1950 said: Dapper Tom has a crosstree and mast platform on the main mast, I assume that you have painted that black, along with the various spars. If so , I would use white for some contrast on the mast tops and bow sprit. Jim Jim, No I have not painted anything but the hull. mtaylor 1 Quote
catopower Posted March 31, 2022 #6 Posted March 31, 2022 At that period, I think most likely color is black for the mast tops, doublings, bowsprit. mtaylor 1 Quote Clare Hess He's a -> "HE" Current Builds HMS Wolf, 1754 - Shipyard Laser Cut Kit Kitamaebune - Japanese Coastal Trade Ship, 18th/19th Centuries - Woody Joe Kit Atakebune - Japanese Sengoku Period Warship - Woody Joe Kit
USNCHief013107 Posted April 13, 2022 Author #8 Posted April 13, 2022 I took the easiest road and went with black all around. Canute 1 Quote
Srodbro Posted April 14, 2022 #9 Posted April 14, 2022 Probably can’t go wrong with basic black. Images of Pride of Baltimore I and II seem to show black. I don’t think there is any standard. I think whatever turns you on. And even tho they say to never, ever use glossy finish ( flats only), sometimes I kinda like a bit of sheen on my spars. I’ve done black, white, green and gray with clear or natural on the unpainted portion. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Steve "If they suspect me of intelligence, I am sure it will soon blow over, ha, ha, ha!" -- Jack Aubrey Builds: Yankee Hero, Fannie Gorham, We’re Here, Dapper Tom (x3), New Bedford Whaler, US Brig Lawrence (Niagara), Wyoming (half hull), Fra Berlanga (half hull), Gokstad Viking Ship, Kate Cory, Charles Morgan, Gjoa
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