Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

[Colin Parkinson]

Some WWII inspired camouflage for the RCD's?

 

[Underway]

I alway thought Seafoam Blue was a paint colour choice that did not work particularly well in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean or Arabian Sea.

I was terrible in the Black Sea and Med. Better in northern lattitudes.

I was doing research for a service paper on paint/coatings and their various signautures, so did some prelim research into the paint.

The current paint scheme was developed by research into North Atlantic Fog (which also looks like North Pacific Fog). The ships just vanish in fog, but given that we're not in the 1960's anymore and the ships missions are further afield than the North Atlantic, well changing things is a good idea.

I think honestly, if it isn't just a model builder choice, it will be a move towards a general purpose colour that works just as well in the Arctic or overseas.

 

[FSTO]

Are you referring to the RCD no longer being that annoying light grey that I always complain about because its so bright to air targets?

I was wondering if that was intentional or just a function of the ship model just using a stock paint colour. You got some inside info on the colour change there FSTO?

DCRN pointed out the colour change. So its happening AFAIK.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I was terrible in the Black Sea and Med. Better in northern lattitudes.

I was doing research for a service paper on paint/coatings and their various signautures, so did some prelim research into the paint.

The current paint scheme was developed by research into North Atlantic Fog (which also looks like North Pacific Fog). The ships just vanish in fog, but given that we're not in the 1960's anymore and the ships missions are further afield than the North Atlantic, well changing things is a good idea.

I think honestly, if it isn't just a model builder choice, it will be a move towards a general purpose colour that works just as well in the Arctic or overseas.

Under certain lighting conditions (first/last light) Canadian ships actually glowed…

 

[NavyShooter]

Redesign of the main mast to match 'sharkfin' has begun....and I see there's a 'step' on the funnel as well that I'm going to have to adjust for too.

 

[Underway]

Redesign of the main mast to match 'sharkfin' has begun....and I see there's a 'step' on the funnel as well that I'm going to have to adjust for too.

I also noticed the aft section where the funnel for the DG's likely is (and where the RAM is located) look wider than the other variants. Might be wrong on that, just might be an optical illusion after they installed different equipment there.

 

[Rainbow1910]

Are you referring to the RCD no longer being that annoying light grey that I always complain about because its so bright to air targets?

I was wondering if that was intentional or just a function of the ship model just using a stock paint colour. You got some inside info on the colour change there FSTO?

I would be immensely disappointed by switching to some generic haze gray paint scheme, given how Canada has its own very distinct paint colour not matched by anybody abroad. I'm also a bit skeptical due to the fact the exact shade of the paint seems to shift a lot to the eye in various lighting conditions, so it can look very different in different conditions and to different people.

 

[Underway]

I would be immensely disappointed by switching to some generic haze gray paint scheme, given how Canada has its own very distinct paint colour not matched by anybody abroad. I'm also a bit skeptical due to the fact the exact shade of the paint seems to shift a lot to the eye in various lighting conditions, so it can look very different in different conditions and to different people.

Its time to change things. That paint scheme in current drone warfare conditions is a danger. It was designed to hide from close range submarine observation in fog. We are now looking at long range IR/digital observation from air and surface. The colour needs to recognize that.

I do appreciate the uniqueness of the colour and place in history. The haze grey on US ships is darker than that one though. That colour looks closer to the UK grey.

 

[NavyShooter]

Item of note - I have realized that I don't actually need to re-print the entire ship to adjust the superstructure....I can reprint the superstructure alone and it'll fit to the existing hull.

I'm going to carry on with the current superstructure version to get this model in the pond, and will work in the background to get the superstructure looking more 'right' and then I can swap that onto the existing hull.