richrua Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 Hi folks i have a silver fox a class kit at the painting stage. Would like to go green livery. Which green would be a good spray ? Quote
0 Glenderg Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Jaysus Rich. Go with the green on the can of worms. Or as close as. The irony of it! R. Quote
0 richrua Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Thank you mr. Glenderg. Unfortunately the good lord decided to make me colour blind and at the same time not a bad artist and craftsman. So i find it really hard to match a can to a livery if you know what i mean. If there was a name or a number it would help! ... :-) i once saved for ages for a walkman . Walked into peats . Bought a pink one thinking it was grey..... Quote
0 richrua Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Oh and i laughed a lot at the can of worms!!!! At least i didnt ask what shade of black eh? Quote
0 UP6936 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Rich, you should ask jhb171achill on this board about it. He may even have a paint code you could use when buying paint Quote
0 Broithe Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 I understand that up to forty shades are available. Quote
0 WT CLASS 2-6-4T No. 4 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 If somebody here on the site is good at matching colour shades, here is a link which gives all the paint manufacturers codes by colour. http://scalemodeldb.com/paint As it rurns out green is the first colour. Quote
0 WRENNEIRE Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Download this chart Also could I recommend Specksavers, they are terribly good at sorting out this kind of thing? (EnChroma lenses) http://www.ralcolor.com/ Edited June 17, 2014 by WRENNEIRE Quote
0 Magpie1951 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Hi folks i have a silver fox a class kit at the painting stage. Would like to go green livery. Which green would be a good spray ? Hi Rich, There two shades of green you need to consider when painting an A or C class namely a dark green and a light green. I have painted A and C class kits in the light shade but never the dark shade but I have painted CIE coaches in both shades which I have a pic to explain. In this picture I have used an Airbrush with Humbrol no. 2 Emerald Green Gloss for the Park Royal coach in the foreground of the picture which is the lighter shade of green livery used and in the center backroud of the pic there is a GSR Bredin Mail Van in early CIE dark green ( the dark shade also used on some A and C classes) for which I used Humbrol no. 3 Brunswick Green Gloss , agained applied with an airbrush. For the light green lining on both coaches I used Humbrol no 90 Beige Green Matt again airbrushed and there was a light green waistband on some of the green A and C's both light and dark green in this colour. I know Humbrol do aerosol spray paints but I am not sure if the carry the above colours but I would encourage you to buy a basic airbrush and compressor set because it makes painting so much easier and enjoyable once you get over the initial fear of using an airbrush!!!! Quote
0 richrua Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks lads . Much appreciated. Great site this. If it wasnt here I would never have tried scratchbuilding and kit making Irish scene. Thanks again. Quote
0 enniscorthyman Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 I suffer from colour confusion myself-hence why I am not a train Driver as I would fail a medical.I love my brown alpine low jacket but the wife tells me its black. Quote
0 richrua Posted June 18, 2014 Author Posted June 18, 2014 I had a can of brunswick for some rpsi sprays so i went with that. Thanks Quote
0 UP6936 Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Could you post up photos of the model when it is finished rich? Brunswick might be a bit too dark and the wrong sort of shade for an A Quote
0 Old Blarney Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Have a look at this page and see if there are any photographs that meet your colour needs. The A Class appeared in a variety of shades of green, with stripes, without stripes, with flying snail, without flying snail, etc, etc. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Green-CIE-Locomotives&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kqqhU-OWEpLe7AbZhoDAAg&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1286&bih=544 If link fails type, CIE-green-locomotives into a search engine and it should connect you with this link. David J White. Quote
0 Garfield Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Have a look at this page and see if there are any photographs that meet your colour needs. The A Class appeared in a variety of shades of green, with stripes, without stripes, with flying snail, without flying snail, etc, etc. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Green-CIE-Locomotives&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kqqhU-OWEpLe7AbZhoDAAg&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1286&bih=544 If link fails type, CIE-green-locomotives into a search engine and it should connect you with this link. David J White. As Rich said earlier in the thread, he's colour blind so he needs people to recommend specific colour codes or names... Quote
0 Kirley Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 I've used Revell 365 Satin for the 1960's CIE green. Quote
0 Old Blarney Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 # Sorry. My apologies, should have read the complete thread. David. Quote
0 jhb171achill Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 One "A" class loco received dark green. I think it was A46, but in the midst of moving house - a convoluted affair with a new one being built - a lot of my researchy type of stuff is in storage, so I can't be sure off the top of my head which one for certain. It didn't stay that colour long, as black was coming down the road. The colour currently carried by the "C" at Downpatrick is the correct green for any diesel post 1955. I am afraid I don't know the code though. Quote
0 richrua Posted June 19, 2014 Author Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks everyone - it is ok - I am sorry to ask such basic questions. I had a tin of Brunswick gloss. In the back garden I don't think it is not too far off a picture I have in the Irish Traction book. It will be dark looking in the attic though! I don't really mind. I have enjoyed building it. Anyway - I didn't shave off the lights because I might feel brave someday and go all orange and black on it. I wish there were more of these great kits available. Quote
0 aclass007 Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks everyone - it is ok - I am sorry to ask such basic questions. I had a tin of Brunswick gloss. In the back garden I don't think it is not too far off a picture I have in the Irish Traction book. It will be dark looking in the attic though! I don't really mind. I have enjoyed building it. Anyway - I didn't shave off the lights because I might feel brave someday and go all orange and black on it. I wish there were more of these great kits available. They're still available from Silver Fox....... http://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/ir-ie-001-class-a-class-co-co-metropolitan-vickers/ Quote
0 richrua Posted June 20, 2014 Author Posted June 20, 2014 Cool. What I meant was more variety in the locos. I wonder why they haven't done any GM s for example? Quote
0 UP6936 Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 There'd be no point with Murphy Models already covering them, and to a better standard than a SF kit would be aswell. MIR used to do GM kits but they don't exist anymore and I doubt the GMs would even sell if they did Quote
0 jhb171achill Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Ah, yes! Thought so..... ! That loco in that green was a rarity - a one-off. I was looking at the C in Downpatrick today in the normal lighter green and it is correct, so it's a good excuse to visit (as 2 RPSI stalwarts did this afternoon...)! Thank you richrua! Quote
0 jhb171achill Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 Indeed.... let me know when you're going. I'll open a few doors! Quote
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Hi folks i have a silver fox a class kit at the painting stage. Would like to go green livery. Which green would be a good spray ?
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