I may start HMS York. I'm partly governed by what I have on stock in the way of wood for bases.
I seem to be spending more time thinking than doing Zak.
Just a few words about paint and stuff.
Germany used the same colour scheme from about 1900 up to and including WW2.
Unless sporting a camouflage scheme, all capital ships were to be painted as follows (this comes from various written sources and ship modelling websites). The colours are generic, its up to the modeller to select a suitable colour.
The underwater hull is painted red-brown.
The boot topping is painted Anthracite grey.
The hull, up to the level of the main weather-deck is painted Squirrel grey.
Above the main weather-deck, all vertical surfaces are painted silver grey.
The masts are painted silver grey to a point level with the funnel tops, then black to a point
level with the upper yards, then silver grey to the mast-heads.
Main decks were varnished wood, those above the main deck were covered in Linoleum, which was a reddish brown, or painted dark grey then wood gratings added where suitable.
The linoleum was laid in strips which were six feet wide, the edges held down with two inch wide
brass strips.(Not supplied in the kit and positions not marked on the plastic).
This may test my imagination.
The Germans weren't too fussy about colour, more on the properties of the paint so some artistic licence is OK.
The brass, as supplied looks very nice but in a lot of instances, doesn't fit, if anything, it's too long so just hangs over the edge when folded to shape. I've done better by resorting to generic stuff.
The railings around the weather deck are just generic strips, not custom lengths which is a bit mean.
Haddock.
More waffle later.