Royal
Navy Set 2
Price: $17.00
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early 1942 the Royal Navy’s use of camouflage was widespread on units of
all types. But late 1941 had seen the RN’s camouflage section hard at
work developing colors and patterns for specific ship, geographic area,
and threat types. Patterns were simplified and shapes made larger, and by
mid-1942 most smaller ships had repainted in one of the new official
schemes. Shortage of some pigments led to the development of new colours
in the G and B series, with some of the earlier colors being superseded.
Admiralty Disruptive Schemes were now promulgated in light and dark
versions. The increased use of radar led in very late 1943 to the
development of very simplified camouflage designs which came into use in
1944 and lasted to the end of the war. Disruptive patterns largely
disappeared during this period. This set of paint chips covers the colors
issued after 1941, In addition, it includes an alternate B5 and B6 from
those included in our Royal Navy Set 1; the alternate colors were matched
to the original hand-painted camouflage design sheets for HMS Farndale.
The set also includes prewar Buff, and a Mountbatten Pink matched to a
sample provided by the Royal Navy to the U.S. Navy in 1942, presumably for
use on Royal Navy vessels undergoing repair in U.S. shipyards. All colors
have been carefully matched to Admiralty-issued paint chips or actual
samples from ships’ paint lockers when available, to HMS Farndale’s
design sheets, or to the 1929 Munsell Book of Color as specified by noted
author, Alan Raven. Modelers are referred to Alan Raven’s “The
Development of Naval Camouflage 1914-1945 Part III: British Camouflage in
World War II,” in Plastic Ship
Modeler, 1997/1 (Plastic Ship
Modeler is published by Daniel H. Jones, P.O. Box 2183, Arvada CO
80001-2183), and to Alan Raven’s upcoming series of books on Royal Navy
Camouflage to be published by WR Press and available from Snyder &
Short Enterprises.
This set contains 16 chips on two sheets and covers the following colors:
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