I am building the Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS North Carolina for a friend. He wants the non-camouflaged version, not the version seen as on display today. So, I am assuming the standard light gray sides, darker gray decks, wood lower decks. I want to do this a “correct” as possible, so I will turn to the pros form Dover. A Mash reference for all us old folks…
I use almost exclusively Vallejo paints. If I can stick with that, I would love it. I appreciate any and all help I can get.
Post war, through about 1947 the decks were blue (with bright wood decks), and haze gray verticals.
After around '47, Deck Gray replaced Blue–but, you need reference photos to know which horizontals were deck gray versus Haze. And, post-war Haze Gray is lighter (a touch warmer) than wartime HG.