CIE Carriage Liveries - The Green Era

[Mol_PMB]

Eventually all this research will get applied to some models, so I have ordered some paint:

[GSR 800]

Looks like I'll need to be painting a few roofs green!

[Mol_PMB]

19 minutes ago, GSR 800 said:

Looks like I'll need to be painting a few roofs green!

Roof colours will continue to be an interesting topic as I proceed through the 1950s. For new-build stock, I think black roofs were introduced in 1958. 

So many of the colour photos of the green era are from around 1960 that our view is skewed towards that period, and we don't realise that things were different in the early and mid 1950s.

Getting ahead of the timeline a bit, I don't think anyone could claim these mid-1950s roofs were black:

 

[Horsetan]

44 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

... I have ordered some paint:

This looks like those terrible "healthy smoothies" you can get from those middle-class café and deli chains.

[Mol_PMB]

3 hours ago, Horsetan said:

This looks like those terrible "healthy smoothies" you can get from those middle-class café and deli chains.

Would you like the Spinach, Avocado or Celery flavour?

226 is Mid Brunswick Green (CIE dark green), 221 is Brilliant Green (as used on the Park Royals and Wedgehead railcars when new, we haven't got that far through the story yet) and 216 is Eau de Nil.

They are custom enamel colours, matched to the BS381C colours, and in due course I'll try spraying them with the airbrush. Six 50ml pots plus postage cost a total of £50.

The same firm can also provide them as rattlecans.

 

[Westcorkrailway]

48 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

Would you like the Spinach, Avocado or Celery flavour?

226 is Mid Brunswick Green (CIE dark green), 221 is Brilliant Green (as used on the Park Royals and Wedgehead railcars when new, we haven't got that far through the story yet) and 216 is Eau de Nil.

They are custom enamel colours, matched to the BS381C colours, and in due course I'll try spraying them with the airbrush. Six 50ml pots plus postage cost a total of £50.

The same firm can also provide them as rattlecans.

 

The rattle cans will be handy….

[Mol_PMB]

18 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

The rattle cans will be handy….

https://onlinepaintshop.co.uk/product/custom-spray-paint-tinted-400ml/

 

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said:

Would you like the Spinach, Avocado or Celery flavour?

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The only thing that those things have got going for them is that they may assist the generation of a fart in a confined space.