This is a very good video, which describes the process of restauration and maintenance of HMS Victory:
https://www.facebook.com/royalnavy/v...3679763788205/
Royal Navy Video of HMS Victory
This is a very good video, which describes the process of restauration and maintenance of HMS Victory:
https://www.facebook.com/royalnavy/v...3679763788205/
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Thank you for posting the link to that interesting video about the restoration of H.M.S. Victory, Gustavo. It was a good 'find'.You realise that it means that we will all have to repaint our models now.
Excellent video find! Thanks. I don't expect I'll be repainting my ships, but it is an interesting color. I wonder how the sun and weathering might alter its appearance over time before they repaint it once more?
"It's not the towering sails, but the unseen wind that moves a ship."
–English Proverb
A very interesting video thanks Gustavo.
I may be having a look at my Victory in the light of this new evidence, but don't hold your breath.
Rob.
"Restorations" of beloved objects are usually controversial. Remember when they restored the Sistine chapel? It darn near ruined the restorer's career. A lot of restoration work is simply undoing the previous restoration. I hope the chain reaction doesn't create havoc in the modeling world.
HMS Victory had a long career so I don't necessarily need my ships to have the "Nelson" scheme. Even so I do think it's having some impact on the modeling scene which is somewhat reflected in comments on The Miniatures Page.Originally Posted by Kentop
"It's not the towering sails, but the unseen wind that moves a ship."
–English Proverb
Reflecting on this thread during the day
I decided to ask myself a key question!
Will a repaint alter my models sailing characteristics,
or fire power.
No!
Then she can stay the colour she is.
Rob.
It's the so called baby puke colour!
On the video, they said they thinned the paint with turpentine. But the expert????? was using a man-made turpentine not natural turpentine. Also she was not in for a fresh re-paint when she came into Portsmouth in 1805. Why do all paintings of the period NOT show this pink colour of R.N. ships?????
Hi Ed, maybe Green is the new black!
Be safe
Rory
All I can say in answer to that Rory is-
Rob.
I found the black they used to be lighter in shade too. Perhaps there is something to the new black...
Paintings can darken as time passes.
Interesting that David.
I knew that most paint faded when exposed to UV light. Natural dyes and paints will alter either way depending on the base colours which are present. Yellows tend to fade, but here we have an added factor. The Linseed oil. Linseed will darken over time making the surface less reflective and thus more prone to absorb ultra-violet, thus causing fading whilst at the same time allowing the darker yellow of the linseed to predominate. Thus we may have a situation where although the yellow paint is in fact fading, the overall effect is a darkening of the yellow aspect of the surface.
Would anyone like to pick up this interesting discussion, and go on to investigate the effects of exposure of the paint to the salt in sea spray.
Rob.
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