Posted by Bob Read on August 01, 1999 at 22:16:48 in 208.142.225.71:
In Reply to: Re: Color posted by Bruce Beveridge on August 01, 1999 at 20:08:52:
Bruce:
The drawings in "Sisters" is exactly the primary source I was talking about. I didn't refer to it because I don't have this reference yet. I'm expecting it this week. Marschall may have gotten the electric winch color from an original publication of their manufacturer. The guess about the mast color is one of those educated guesses I referred to and I think it is a very good guess.
I don't rely very heavily on the builder's model as a primary source because of the other inaccuracies they exhibit. Its kind of odd that we probably have more color representations of the interiors than the exteriors.
Regards,
Bob Read
: You're right about the colors Bob,
: Here are my thoughts. As for the bottom half of bulwarks on the Titanic or other sister ships, in the "Sisters" book their are color plans of some of the other White Star Ships or H&W ships, though earlier. The color on the bootom halves of the bulkheads are that rust color. These drawings are H&W drawings. Also, I believe that the use of this rust color awas a common color to use in ships of this era and later for that matter. The H&W drawings from the Sisters book is probably just one of the sources out there. I'm sure there are many sources that Ken used. I wonder how he knows the winches are green?
: The life boats shoud be natural teak inside. The gunwales were painted hence the different shade but the interiors show the wood grain and as we know, teak is never painted. This may go for the masts. The very tops were teak and if we assume that the masts were painted to match the teak then we would have brown masts. In the "Birth of Titanic" book there is a picture of the H&W built ship Minnehaha. You can see as plain as a day a skylight much like the Marconi skylight. The frames on top are natural wood and the steel base is painted to match.
: Bruce