Apologies if this has been covered before, but I’m just starting on the Tamiya 1/350 Missouri and have a question regarding paint schemes.
I much prefer her post war colour scheme, i.e. overall haze grey and teak decks, but I still want to keep her historically accurate and don’t want to have to do too much modification to the structure in order to do it. So I guess I’m looking to model her as she appeared sometime from late '45 to '46?
I haven’t been able to find too many colour photos from this period and I’m not sure when the last of her measure 22 camo was removed. Were the horizontal surfaces still deck blue during this period? I’d really appreciate some guidance if anyone can help.
The decks on the Missouri were blue for the surrender.
There are no photos of the decks of the Missouri following the surrender to her departure from Pearl Harbor enroute to the States. That photo is inconclusive as to whether the decks were still blue.
By April '46 for the Mediterranean Cruise (Victory Tour) – it looks like she may have been out of 5N Navy Blue and painted into the late-war gray version of the color (also designated 5N)
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