Bet you all thought I'd gone to sleep.
Managed to get some paint sloshed on. Not quite sure about the colours though, here's the story.
In July 1945,HMS Roberts left Liverpool after a quick refit. As the war in Europe was over, she was despatched to the Indian Ocean to take part in the war against Japan. With the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima and the surrender of the Japanese,she was no longer needed and was ordered home for paying off, a journey of some 16,000 miles with not a shot fired in anger.
During the refit, her AA armament was upgraded by the addition of eight 40mm single Bofors, some of the 20mm twin Oerlikons were removed to accommodate this change. This is the weapons fit as provided by Trumpeter, however,Trumpeter would have you believe that with this weapons fit, she would be wearing an Admiralty light disruptive camouflage scheme. With a great deal of help from Tony Wilson, we have discovered that she was painted a very light colour, probably light grey, there is a picture in one of Tony's books that would confirm this. The picture is taken as she was passing through Malta on her way home. There are a couple more shots taken round about the same time and the colour is light grey, so don't argue or you'll be in bother!
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