Beet wagons, what colour were they?

[Robert Davies]

I've got a a couple of the Bulleid 'double stacked' beet wagon bodies from Shapeways as a 'try out'....

 

I've got them all primed...

 

But then...

 

An obvious question stuck me.

 

What colour were they? Where they left in the natural grey galvanised finish? Where they painted red oxide, or was it just rust? The pics I have here don't really make it clear.

 

Can you assist me please?

 

<- another of my winning smiles!

 

-Rob

 

ps ...and YES I will add them to my workbench thread with pics and everything! - I'm looking at you at Anto!

[Broithe]

Second attempt

 

Marvellous picture - well worth the (your) effort.

[jhb171achill]

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A representation... On a shortened Dapol 12ft chassis.

 

Base Colour for the chassis, bauxite.

 

After scrubbing and cleaning up the Shapeways body, I coated it with 'Mr Surfacer 1200' http://www.spruemart.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-vmbright.tpl&category_id=8&product_id=44&Itemid=1 then gave a thin, almost a wash coat of Revell enamel No.87, and drybrushed the top half with Precision Paints 'sleeper grime'. Just before it was all dry I treated the upper half again with Tamiya weathering powders 'rust', and the lower half with Tamiya powders 'sand'.

 

I'll probably put some of Weshty's number and maintenance patches on it when it's cured out properly.

 

-Rob

 

 

That's absolutely spot on!

[JasonB]

Second attempt:

 

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What a great photo,never seen this when it was originally posted.Very strange to see one so clean!

[jhb171achill]

I think it's the ONLY time I saw one so clean! It obviously is newly done. In traffic, like the UTA's spoil wagons, aft a single run they were filthy - permanently!