Deck color for current US carriers

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:07 am

I uses to paint the flt deck's black but now looking at a lot of current pic it's look more like a dark gray?
Is this correct?

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:33 am

The answer is... it depends. When freshly painted and wet from sea spray etc. it looks like a very dark charcoal. As it weathers from use and the sun it fades to a much lighter shade. So essentially any medium to very dark gray is possible. While true black is not really accurate that's the way I've done mine (but that may change). Hope that helps.

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:25 am

Found out too late the flt desk lines are off.

whenimaginationfails · Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:15 pm

nashorn88 wrote:Found out too late the flt desk lines are off. ...

Those look great to me. The last looks like GHQ. Who makes the other two?

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 5:06 am

whenimaginationfails wrote:
nashorn88 wrote:Found out too late the flt desk lines are off. ...
Those look great to me. The last looks like GHQ. Who makes the other two?

Thanks
Superior models made the other two.
They make most of the other US carriers GHQ doesnt make.

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:10 pm

So, I took the plunge. I'm stripping and repainting all my carriers. There are only 16 so it shouldn't take too long. I'm also working on making my own decals for the elevators etc I'll keep you posted..