There had been so many painting variants that a general guide is futile.
Take for example the ones in Wargames Illustrated 375. The ELCO one is OK for some (not all) pacific boats but useless for those that served in European Waters.
The Schnellboot one shows an early war boat but the Grey is too dark for “Schnellbootweiß”. Camo or darker grey was used later on boats that served in daylight. Add the individual local variants and you see that a General guide is impossible.
Well, in same Magazine we learn how to replace a missing antenna with a cocktail stick. :-0
Cute, the broken thing he wants to replace is the aft compass housing. The antenna mast was aft of that, thin wire size.
There are many books on ships painting and camo.
Never forget that many camos are not identical on both sides of ship.
Decks can be tricky. Japanese often used a reddish Linoleum. In all navies metal decks got painted and wood sometimes too. Not to forget that Wood and Wood is not looking the same.
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