HMS Royal Marine, nearly completeFollowing Klunk’s reply I did a lot more net trawling on life raft colours. Very little info out there, but I did find something that said in peacetime of that era the rafts were carried in their normal colour, but tended to be painted to match the superstructure in wartime. Also looking at a lot of photos of WW2 model warships this seems to be what most modellers have done. So, I have repainted them a slightly different shade of light grey.
More of the pre-prepared painted fittings are going aboard. I normally use etched stanchions, but thought I’d try the Dean’s supplied die-cast ones with 0,5 soft brass wire. Drilling holes in decks is easy with a tiny archimedes drill. Opening out the holes in the cast stanchions not so easy, but all part of the part dressing operation. Pre-painted, then assembled with lengths of rail, fitting and gluing as I went. Not too many on this ship !
Photos of progress so far :
Still a fair bit more to do. Stairs, more handrails, masts, rigging, life boats (Quaycraft), etc, but now fast approaching the status of a trip to the lake. Should I add Milliput Splinter Mats to the bridge? With detailing I never know when to stop
Bob K