Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Profiles and Pixels => Topic started by: SebastianP on December 25, 2018, 05:30:56 AM
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I noticed while researching the color scheme for the US Coast Guard that the US Border Patrol also uses a similar scheme, but with a green stripe rather than the orange and blue of the USCG. Why was I researching the USCG color scheme? Because this:
(https://i.imgur.com/Fz9BLs1.png)
I'm not saying I'll put the Border Patrol scheme on a warship (but I totally will...), but I'd kind of like to know what colors they do use so I can put them on other stuff, like helicopters (the USBP would probably *love* some kitted out Blackhawks for example)...
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I was a riverine operator in the US Navy about a dozen years ago, and used to interact with the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) riverine guys from time to time. Back then, they used a green Coast Guard-type slash on their hulls like this:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7858/46426557622_8a20da0bcc_c.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4887/46431518452_beca904c35_b.jpg)
Source: US Customs & Border Protection website
That seems to have changed sometime after 2014 to a wide blue, narrow red stripe:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4830/46426558382_56deb4a5b8_b.jpg)
Source: US Customs & Border Protection official photo via Wikimedia.org
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4886/45755098154_3324a1f296_b.jpg)
Source: US Customs & Border Protection Info sheet: "Interceptor Class All-Weather 33-Foot SAFE Boat"
V/r
Jim