Cement wagons shade of blue.

[exciecoachbuilder]

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can tell me what shade of blue was on the irish cement wagons? I got some CK prints wagon bodies at the Blackrock show at the weekend. What shade?, matt or gloss? Was the chassis painted blue also. The only ones that I remember were a very faded blue, and the chassis was covered in all sorts of sh**e, so it was almost impossible to tell what the colour was.  Answers would be very much appreciated.  Paul.

[DJ Dangerous]

Phoenix Precision Paints list a P896 Irish Cement Wagon Blue:

https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/paint-products/precisionrailway/irish/14p896

[Mol_PMB]

14 minutes ago, exciecoachbuilder said:

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can tell me what shade of blue was on the irish cement wagons? I got some CK prints wagon bodies at the Blackrock show at the weekend. What shade?, matt or gloss? Was the chassis painted blue also. The only ones that I remember were a very faded blue, and the chassis was covered in all sorts of sh**e, so it was almost impossible to tell what the colour was.  Answers would be very much appreciated.  Paul.

There are some nice colour photos of clean ones in the IRRS Flickr archive, if you have access to that:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53510416252

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53527285211

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53527598169

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/54419841675

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53509010636

The chassis were blue too, with one yellow link.

 

[exciecoachbuilder]

Thanks a lot guys for the replies. I knew about the phoenix paints, but I'm not sure where to get them here  anymore? I don't really want to go the UK way to be honest, it's too much hassle. If somebody could come up with advice for me on similar colours that are readily available here ie, humbrol etc , that would be great. Thanks. Paul....

[popeye]

I am doing some of these just now and I am doing the two versions.

The paints I will be using are Humbrol 89 Matt Middle blue and Revell 52 gloss.

The curtain sided wagons would be pale blue body and Revell 52 for the curtain.

Put the transfers on the curtain which will sit better on the gloss paint.

The metal sided wagons will be done with light grey and 89 blue.

You can weather them with some light grey and light brown.

Seal the transfers with varnish before weathering.

[exciecoachbuilder]

10 hours ago, popeye said:

I am doing some of these just now and I am doing the two versions.

The paints I will be using are Humbrol 89 Matt Middle blue and Revell 52 gloss.

The curtain sided wagons would be pale blue body and Revell 52 for the curtain.

Put the transfers on the curtain which will sit better on the gloss paint.

The metal sided wagons will be done with light grey and 89 blue.

You can weather them with some light grey and light brown.

Seal the transfers with varnish before weathering.

Thank's a million Popeye, that's the info that I was looking for, much appreciated. I actually have the blue gloss and light grey, so I'll head into Marks tomorrow , and hopefully they have the other colours in stock.?  Thanks DJ, MOI and thanks Popeye for the replies... Paul.