I´d like to know if the general view and the markings (just "02" on the deck and the island) are realistic for a RAN ship.
Its a bit hard to get any pics from work, as im on leave, but she is yet to get her pennant number painted on, but by all accounts all illustrations on the defence net have the markings as such
the 2 hulls will be L01 and L02
The pennant numbers are 2 tone (white on black) with the black shadow down to the right as seen below
The Bow number will have a smaller L followed by the 01 or 02 the stern quarter numbers are smaller with no letters, and nothing on the transom. As for the tower/island or super structure normally Australian warships have a large red kangaroo racing forwards , theyre placed in all different spots on the different classes of ships, where on some ships theyre on the stacks and others on the side of the super structure. my only guess they would stick it on the side of the tower/island or super structure where i placed the o1 on the bellow pic, but its hard to say, its still early days for us down here, the first hull only arrived the other day for completion by the australian company finishing it off
as for markings on the flight deck, all our flight deck markings are the same as the US, we have a pennant number painted on the deck on the port aft side as below (plus the deck colour is the same)
i forgot to add we dont have red boot topping on the bum side of the hull, we use black, and please ignore the colour of the NH90s on the pic, our naval NH90s are 3 tone cam (same as our armys)
Ive also placed a small colour template of what we use on our hulls, we refer to it as storm grey
if you click on the image it should enlarge
