I did this a month ago and set it aside afterwards. Now i’m going to work again and I need an opinion. From the pictures I looked at of the CV8, the camo was just some dark blobs above the waterline, a solid grey and lighter grey streaks over the other grey on the superstructure. The problem is I just don’t think this dark grey looks right:
The colors also don’t look right, but that’s due to the photo editing process and lightng. So does that look right, or should I restart making the markings not so wide and more jagged?
I do not know which colors were used right off but, someone will come along & can help with that.
I just ran a google search & here’s a good source of pics.
hth
Eddie
The colors on the hull were 5-N Navy Blue (the darker color) and 5-O Ocean Gray (the lighter color); on the superstructure the colors were 5-O Ocean Gray and 5-H Haze Gray (the lighter color). The flight deck was stained Norfolk 250-N Flight Deck Stain, and external steel decks and steel horizontal surfaces were painted 20-B Deck Blue. If you’re detailing the hangar bay interior, the hangar deck was painted #20 Standard Deck Gray, while the bulkheads and overheads were 5-U White.
We have all those colors accurately matched and available in our Colourcoats enamels. No minimum order on paints, and we ship worldwide.
I’m not concerned about the colors, but thanks anyway guys. What I wanted to know is if the wavey shapes look proper as they are now or if I should make them smaller and more jagged.
