discussion HMS Victory True Colours

[Bigfoot57]

I have a model of the HMS Victory to build the question is do I do it yellow as all previous incarnations or the light terracotta which it now has


Regards


Colin

 

[BBdave]

Oooo a veritable mine field in short as I understand it could be either.


Captains were responsible for the colour of there ship beyond the black pitch and white between the gun ports as it was supplied from the builder, so it depended on the Captains pocket and what colours he used so depending on who was captain at any particular time the colour could be anything.


Dave

 

[takeslousyphotos]

I did read someplace HMS Victory was originally Red.

 

[Guest]

Give it fifty years or so and they will probably say oh yes it was yellow


It's up to you and your beliefs


I personally like the yellow but I do think that would have been a very expensive pigment to have 200 years ago


Roger PS just my thoughts but I'm convinced they now have the red gun Ports far too bright it would have been a dark red just my opinion


Rog

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Give it fifty years or so and they will probably say oh yes it was yellow
It's up to you and your beliefs


I personally like the yellow but I do think that would have been a very expensive pigment to have 200 years ago


Roger PS just my thoughts but I'm convinced they now have the red gun Ports far too bright it would have been a dark red just my opinion


Rog

Probably dark ........and a bit gunpowder stained Roger.

 

[Guest]

I say yellow, give ten years and some brainless historian will say it was sky blue with pink spots.