US Navy WW2 Ship Colors Paint Chip charts - set # 1 ( for ship modellors)
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US Navy WW2 Ship Colors Paint Chip charts - set # 1 ( for ship modellors):
$18.00
SNYDER & SHORT WARSHIP COLOR PAINT CHIP CHARTS
U.S.NAVY WORLD WAR 2 SHIP COLORS - SET # 1.
Contains 2 sheets ( 8 1/2 x 11 ), of 20 different Blue & Gray colors, and a sheet with camouFlage patterns ( both sides ) for the USS MARYLAND - BB 46, 1944-45 scheme, and a descriptive sheet.
all paint chips are approx. 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 inchs in size.
These are an essential aid for the warship modellor first set of U.S. Navy World War II ship paint chips covers the grays and blues in use from the pre-war period through roughly early 1945. The two prewar grays were used by the U.S. Navy from the end of World War I until 1941. The U.S. Navy began experiments in the late 1930s to develop camouFlage paints and applications, first publishing the results in January 1941 in the form of instructions contained in “Ships-2.” The range of purple-blue colors developed from the earlier experiments became the basis for the colors contained in this set. These paint chips have been carefully matched to Navy Yard-issued paint chips when available, or to the 1929 Munsell Book of Color that was the basis for the official Navy specifications. In one instance – 5S Sea Blue – the set includes three separate chips, with Saea Blue A and Sea Blue C matched to separate Navy Yard paint samples, while Sea Blue B is matched to the Munsell specifications; all would be correct for use. While these colors continued in use until the end of the war, a shortage of blue pigment in late 1944 led to the development of a set of neutral grays which were often used in combination with the purple-blues.
This set contains 20 chips on two sheets and covers the following colors:
PREWAR:
#5 Standard Navy Gray
#20 Standard Deck Gray
5-L Light Gray
5-O Ocean Gray
5-D Dark Gray
5-H Haze Gray
5-O Ocean Gray
Cavite Blue
5-S Sea Blue A
5-S Sea Blue B
5-S Sea Blue C
5-N Navy Blue
5-B Thayer Blue
20-B Deck Blue
20B Revised Deck Blue
250N Norfolk Flight Deck Stain
#21 Flight Deck Stain
#82 Black
5-P Pale Gray
5-L Light Gray
Because oil-based paints darken and yellow over time, these processes must first be reversed prior to matching the original. This is accomplished through the use of processes developed for and used in paint analysis on historic buildings.
Following reversal of the aging process, all color matching and mixing is undertaken by Dunn-Edward Paint Company, under the supervision of Snyder & Short Enterprises. Dunn-Edwards technicians first place the original sample in a spectrophotometer which produces a suggested mix ratio. The colors are then mixed by computer-controlled measuring devices, and the initial tint ratio is carefully noted. After mixing, each color is brushed out, allowed to fully dry, and then compared to the original sample under controlled lighting conditions. Because the spectrophotometer rarely achieves a perfect match, the color is then carefully adjusted by the addition of minute amounts of tinting material and the mixing, brush-out, and drying process repeated until a perfect match is obtained. Dunn-Edwards maintains a record of each S&S color and the tinting ratios necessary to produce it so that each subsequent batch of paint will match the original. For security purposes, Snyder & Short also maintains both a computerized and hard copy backup of the mixing formulae.
The paints are applied to sheets of self-adhesive labels, which are in turn affixed to pre-printed archival-quality cardstock pages. Each set is enclosed in a white envelope and includes a brief explanation sheet. All colors were matched to eliminate metamerism, and will therefore match the original in any light.
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US Navy WW2 Ship Colors Paint Chip charts - set # 1 ( for ship modellors):
$18.00