Sir Strapp
Isnt it funny how things come back to haunt one? I thought this topic was familiar and that I knew something about this colour and the Union Castle ships; but, I could not put my finger on it......until I was sitting - looking at one of my other models and then the penny dropped. Mountbatten Pink....its the one I did all the research on, I spent weeks researching the colour and shades of Mountbatten Pink and ............
"Mountbatten was escorting a convoy and noted that one ship in the group vanished from view much earlier than the remainder, a Union Castle liner that was still painted in its pre-war medium lavender mauve grey hull colour. Mountbatten became so convinced of this pigment's efficacy as a camouflage during the dawn and dusk periods, before the sun was visible but was near enough to the horizon to tint the sky this shade of pink, that he had all of the destroyers of his flotilla (the 5th flotilla) painted with a similar pigment, a medium grey (507B) with a small amount of Venetian Red mixed in. By early 1941 several other ship captains began using the same camouflage, though no formal testing was done to determine how well it worked."
If you really do want a true match to the colours I know that White Ensign Models helped me out a lot and they may be able to give you a proper colour match as they did for me. If it turns out that the colour you are after is very very close to Mountbatten Pink that I used - which is coded WEMCCRN18 - I have four spare tinlets - and you are more than welcome to have them.
The only thing I would add is; you are going to have pay the import duty and taxes for the paint across the border into your side of the waters.
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John e
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