Day 88: which SE&CR wagon livery is correct?
So, no big question then. I've been struggling for a while to find a decent colour for the early SECR wagon livery - I've previously been using the darker grey here (though it looks a bit darker than it is in reality). However, the Illustrated History of Southern Wagons III suggests the shade was lighter earlier, before being made darker with the switch to the later Wainwright lettering. Other sources don't acknowledge a colour change at all, so it's all a bit confusing! The lighter shade I've used here is fairly similar to the Bachmann wagons produced a while ago, but lighter than the equivalent Hornby effort (though darker in reality than it looks in the photo! I think the phone camera artificially turns up the contrast a bit too much).
Have I got it about right? Or do I need to go back and find something in between the two shades?
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