john redman Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I have the reissued HMS Victorious in the stash and have been researching colour schemes. The box art and instructions indicate a green flight deck with yellow markings, which looks correct for the 1959 refit and after. If you Google for photos and videos of her, you get quite a few showing her with a two-tone grey flight deck and red and white deck markings. Here, for example, is a film dated 1966 of her refuelling at sea; although it's black and white you can see the two-tone grey deck markings quite well. Other carriers seem to have sported the same scheme into the 1970s. Does anyone know when she changed over? My intention is to depict her as at November 1963 (which is my birthday). At that time she was on the home leg of a long cruise to Singapore and Hong Kong. I am guessing that she refitted after this trip, and that the grey / red / white scheme would most likely have been applied then. Does anyone know with more confidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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