Wartime Brown GWR Coaches
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A key requirement of modelling the post war scene is to have plenty of stock still wearing wartime liveries, a task that is progressing well on the loco front (with the Grange, 42xx and Austerity in black), but nothing on the coaches. So over the past couple of nights (with very little real modelling time to finish the DCC conversions) I have made a start on a few resprays.
First of all what is wartime brown? There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer, ranging from almost red oxide to all over GWR chocolate. Most likely it was based around the latter with varying amounts of red oxide added to make the paint last further.
As such I am not to worried about the exact shade, more to the point I actually want variation between batches. I aim to achieve this by a combination of different paints, and different primers. The first attempt is Triumph/Rover Russett Brown (Halfords) sprayed over white.
In each case the body had lettering and logos sanded down and a light coat of Games Workshop Skull White primer. This was then sprayed with the brown, with lots of thin coats alternating between the 4 coaches in question between coats.
So far sprayed is a pair of unmodified Airfix B Sets, I thought long and hard about correcting the fictional guards window on one side, but in the end left it. If there is not an accurate model by the time Brent is finished I will be commissioning etched anyway...
This will for, Kingsbridge No 2, for which photos were published in the late 40s showing the Set in this livery.
Next was the LH D95 i built the Christmas before last, and finally a Mainline Sunshine Stock Third bought off Tim Easter a few years back debranded that has been sat awaiting finishing ever since.
All now need the black ends reprinting, drop lights picking out (still mahogany I assume?) and the roofs reprinting grey (as does the rest of my sunshine stock, and my Hornby colletts). The plan for the latter is a combination of modern image grey paints to get a prototypical mixture of different shades, with Virgin Grey, railfreight grey and BR roof grey in the mix to start off only thing is I need enough time to clear one end of the railway room to set up the spray booth, and still have enough child free time to actually do the spraying (something which is at a premium!)
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