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robertf2	A stupid question	Lead	[-]
Posts: 315 ( 9-Feb-2008 13:51:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have often heard that the colour of the Sydney harbour bridge is "battleship grey". Given that: The bridge was completed in the early 1930's and that AFAIK it has been the same colour ever since To me it is a very dark grey, with a slight blue/purple tint, even almost black in some light. I'm wondering if it would be the dark grey colour known variously as AP507A a.ka. home fleet grey?
seasick	The Federal standard is Fs36118.	#1	[-]
Posts: 4392 ( 9-Feb-2008 21:30:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Federal standard is Fs36118.
robertf2		#2	[-]
Posts: 316 ( 9-Feb-2008 21:36:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	seasick wrote: The Federal standard is Fs36118. The bridge grey is Fs36118 or AP507A is Fs36118?
seasick		#3	[-]
Posts: 4395 (10-Feb-2008 04:26:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Battleship gray is a dark gray with a purple mixed in. Somebody must have bought some surplus paint after the war. What is on now must be a matched color produced commercially once the surplus ran out. The paint your describing sounds like FS36118. I build models on the side and fs36118 frequently is used for battleships. These guys can tell you and sell you paint chips and even a tin of it. In California: Snyder & Short Enterprises PMB 224 9175 Kiefer Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95826 tel. (916) 368-2610 fax (916) 363-9149 In Britain: Write to: White Ensign Models, South Farm, Snitton, Ludlow, SY8 3EZ, U.K. Call us on U.K. 0844 415 0914 (the phones are normally manned 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday, but you can always leave a message on our 24 hour answering machine at any time), or Fax us on U.K. 0844 415 0916
JNiemczyk		#4	[-]
Posts: 5998 (10-Feb-2008 21:37:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Not so long ago battleship grey was quite a popular colour for painting sheds, fences etc around here. Since then procedures at Rosyth Dockyard's stores have been tightened up.
pascaly	Fences	#5	[-]
Posts: 1466 (11-Feb-2008 00:54:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I love stories like that one. :-)
robertf2		#6	[-]
Posts: 317 (11-Feb-2008 12:20:34) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	seasick wrote: Battleship gray is a dark gray with a purple mixed in. Somebody must have bought some surplus paint after the war. What is on now must be a matched color produced commercially once the surplus ran out. The paint your describing sounds like FS36118. I build models on the side and fs36118 frequently is used for battleships. These guys can tell you and sell you paint chips and even a tin of it. In California: Snyder & Short Enterprises PMB 224 9175 Kiefer Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95826 tel. (916) 368-2610 fax (916) 363-9149 In Britain: Write to: White Ensign Models, South Farm, Snitton, Ludlow, SY8 3EZ, U.K. Call us on U.K. 0844 415 0914 (the phones are normally manned 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday, but you can always leave a message on our 24 hour answering machine at any time), or Fax us on U.K. 0844 415 0916 Thanks for the info. I've known of WEM having bought some books from them previously. I seem to recall the WEM founder had an itch that needed to be scratched regarding accurate reproduction of naval colours.
JNiemczyk		#7	[-]
Posts: 6000 (11-Feb-2008 17:48:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	pascaly wrote: I love stories like that one. :-) There was a great deal of....leakage, let's say. Since then procedures have been tightened up and the dockyard holds a lot less in its stores.
drunknsubmrnr		#8	[-]
Posts: 1245 (11-Feb-2008 17:59:31) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The CF term for an article that's been .....err....appropriated without official authority is a "rabbit". The legend is you could tell a Chiefs house because it's ears twitched when you went by. Kevin
JNiemczyk		#9	[-]
Posts: 6003 (11-Feb-2008 19:26:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have heard from a good source that dockyard workers at Rosyth once refused to cross a basin in a ship being refitted unless they were given a seagoing ticket and thus more money. Also anything that got slightly damaged was replaced by a new issue from stores and I'm sure you'd not be surprised that lots of slightly damaged items were repaired by dockyard workers and used for their own purposes.
CliffS		#10	[-]
Posts: 442 (15-Feb-2008 01:08:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	drunknsubmrnr wrote: The CF term for an article that's been .....err....appropriated without official authority is a "rabbit". The legend is you could tell a Chiefs house because it's ears twitched when you went by. Kevin Kevin - I thought all Canadian ranks were standardized, e.g: CPO = WOII. Have they reverted to the old rank system, or is this just local usage? Cheers, Cliff

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