Sea Dart Question
 

What color are they? I've seen photos of them painted red with a blue booster, or painted all white. The white ones I've seen labeled as Falklands era warshots, so are the red ones exercise shots?

(Just got a 1/700 scale Type 42 and I want to paint the missiles right.)

I think the Red ones are training versions. I just came across this on Hazegrey (Bristol class):

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/rn/d...l/bristol2.jpg
Another port-quarter view, this time from aft. The aft dome for the Type 909 tracker radar can be seen, with the twin Sea Dart launcher at the head of the landing deck. A red dummy Sea Dart missile is mounted on the starboard launch rail. Note the twinned aft funnel. M.D. Thomas photo.

Although the missile that is 'launched' in this video, is also a white colour missile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JFDu-2aMfg

This site also has the Reds as a 'dummy' missile:
http://smcclearn.smugmug.com/Navy/Ha...3_DmvY4/Medium

And this confirms it:
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/l...hp/t53060.html

"One other thing, live Sea Dart missiles are white, the red missiles are harbour display dummies."

GEEZ I'M FEELING OLD!

When I saw "Sea Dart" the first thing I thought of was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOwWY06Tl-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrj2cSDO-M

:o you don't want to take off or land when the waves are higher than 5 cm..
thanks for the link, never heard of it before.

Ironic, it entered my mind as well, but then again it wasn't that long ago that I was chatting with someone who had taken some pics of it at Willow Grove museum.

Thanks Oberon! White missiles it is. :yeah:

I just joined your club as it's what I had in mind as well.