Shipbuilder Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Here is a miniature I built years ago. Not particularly good, on detail, and a funny colour as well! It was that colour in real life! My wife's grandfather was an able seaman in the Persian Empire in the late 1890s. The rigging is a bit too thick, but it is often admired more than my better efforts! Bob Landlubber Mike, Raindog, exwafoo and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kelly Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hi Bob Very nice model. I remember a late friend of mine showing me a photo of one of the old steel clippers that his great grandfather had served on. Although it was a black and white picture he had been told by his grandfather that the hull was a dark shade of pink. Apparently whilst undergoing repairs in a distant dockyard they decided to paint the hull as it was in a very rusty state. The only paint on offer was white of maroon. There was not sufficient of either, so they mixed it together. Hence a pink hull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 There was a sailing ship company that had pink hulls, but they described the colour as "crushed strawberry!" The Empire Line had yellowish-green hulls. One Welsh sailing ship company solved the problem of unsightly rust by painting their ships rusty brown I have sailed in ships with hulls of various colours: black - white - lavender - yellow - blue and green! Bob Bernard Kelly and JesseLee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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