Chocolate and Cream into Blood and Custard

[The Bigbee Line]

I have a coach in GW Chocolate and Cream.  I'm planning to paint it maroon on one side and Blood & Custard on the other.  How different was the BR Custard to the GW Cream, I have the feeling that the BR Custard was quite pale but the GW Cream was quite rich.  Am I getting confused...  The GW Cream will make a good undercoat for the cream anyway...  I'm looking at 1963 so the Blood and Custard will be a bit if a stretch...

 

Thanks

[TRAILRAGE]

My father repainted a Lima GWR Railcar into Blood and Custard but kept the Original Cream colour only painting over the Chocolate. looks really good.  

[Miss Prism]

I think the BR(W) cream was a bit paler than the GWR version, but the difference is probably subtle.

 

RobertCWP of this parish is the one to consult on this matter, if he is still around.

Edited December 1, 2018 by Miss Prism

[DCB]

Its more about what it will run with, Hornby had a tremendous variety of "Creams" over the years with their Colletts and I had to repaint the cream on one with the Humbrol authentic railway colour (now it seems unavailable) to match the rest.  By 1963 the red would be very faded ( to light red) and the coach probably parked up awaiting scrapping. I bought a Lima Mk1 done the opposite way  Carmine/red over painted Brown which looks OK to me 

[jonny777]

In my dim and distant memory, the 'custard' began life very pale; but after many years of natural weathering seemed to become a much richer colour on vehicles which never saw much cleaning. I have memories of ex-LNER vehicles being quite yellow rather than the more 'light straw' colour of newly painted Mk1s. 

 

Therefore if you are planning for 1963, I would leave the cream as it is and see how it looks once you have added the crimson. You could always repaint with a lighter shade if you don't like it. 

[Forester]

It's not the custard that's the problem, it's the Blood which really must be correct!

 

Nurse?.............

[The Johnster]

Your best option IMHO is to paint the chocolate lower body in crimson, then have a long hard look at it to see if you are happy with the appearance (which you very probably will be).  Compare it to any other stock you already have in crimson/cream but don't worry too much about an exact match unless it's well off, and varnish the whole coach side so that the finish on both colours is similar.