RexAshton Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) Can anyone tell me what shade of blue the BRT whiskey grain hoppers should be. I'm building a rake of Peco ones which will be lettered with Railtec transfers but all the pictures seem to show a darker shade than standard rail blue. Also, is the British Maltsters yellow colour correct as despite a search I can only find photos of model ones. Any help would be much appreciated. Edited November 21, 2019 by RexAshton Spelling error in title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I don't think they were rail blue. I only ever saw a few and it was a long time ago but all the models produced are in a much brighter shade of blue than the standard rail colour. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I looked into this many years ago when the Lima model was new and the last of them original VB ones were still in service or Alcan traffic from North Blyth to Fort William (Lochabar) . I found a bottled paint called Aquamarine but dried up many years ago to be closest I could find at the time, however I cant remember who made it. Mark Saunders 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 This may help! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Being pedantic (& legal), Scotch is always spelt whisky 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, duncan said: Being pedantic (& legal), Scotch is always spelt whisky Being pedantic Scotch is Scotch Ale! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted November 17, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Mark Saunders said: This may help! That helps me a great deal because I've been searching for ages for decent photos of these advertising boards. Do you have any more like this? Apologies to the OP for the 'thread hijack'. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Are these the wagons Trix used to make? Hornby done a modified version. From memeory of seeing a load of them at Diss in rhe mid 1960s, the Trix colour was a good match for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, roythebus said: Are these the wagons Trix used to make? Hornby done a modified version. From memeory of seeing a load of them at Diss in rhe mid 1960s, the Trix colour was a good match for them. The Trix ones are still in the Bachmann range. Currently in the Whiskies Galore train set. https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/branchline-whiskies-galore-sound-fitted-train-set-30-047/ Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2019 12 hours ago, duncan said: Being pedantic (& legal), Scotch is always spelt whisky 11 hours ago, Mark Saunders said: Being pedantic Scotch is Scotch Ale! Being even more pedantic. Scotch is what you put under a vehicle wheel to stop it rolling away! Mike. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 How does NACCO blue look for comparison! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 A couple of Bachmann 'blues' . They are based on the Trix model and are slightly underscale but still look good. I picked these up cheaply on ebay and weathered them. Only downside is they don't have NEM coupling pockets. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbos Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I’ve just finished painting and applying decals to an modified Triang-Hornby Whisky Blue and now awaiting weathering. I used Halfords grey primer then Tamiya Blue from a rattle can, decals are mostly Railtec. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 18:22, Mark Saunders said: This may help! The blue on the Haigh signage looks very close to BL Teal blue. This also passable for the ICI tankers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Driver Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Hi all I asked this question several years ago and the answer I was given was Railmatch 243 Network South East Dark Blue was a close match. Never got round to finishing the project so I can't post any photos. Regards Norman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2019 Is the Hornby one noticeably bigger than the Bachmann one, I've had both but don't think at the same time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2019 51 minutes ago, russ p said: Is the Hornby one noticeably bigger than the Bachmann one, I've had both but don't think at the same time Somewhere hereabouts is the model history of theses wagons, and yes, they are different sizes, Hornby originally issued the Trix version which Bachmann now peddle before re tooling their own version to 4mm. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Somewhere hereabouts is the model history of theses wagons, and yes, they are different sizes, Hornby originally issued the Trix version which Bachmann now peddle before re tooling their own version to 4mm. Mike. Did they pre-date Hornby and come out as Trix & Tri-ang? I had a rake of the original Trix ones and they came with their own somewhat different version of the Peco coupling, but the body also had fixing points for a Tri-ang metal tension lock. They were 3.8mm scale, like a lot of other Trix UK stuff. Also sold as Lilliput. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, russ p said: Is the Hornby one noticeably bigger than the Bachmann one, I've had both but don't think at the same time The Triang / Hornby one is a compromise to fit on their 45 ton tank chassis, the Lima one is better but represents the later built ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2019 Am I right in thinking the Lima one is a 70s hopper? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, russ p said: Am I right in thinking the Lima one is a 70s hopper? The ones with 5 bodyside ribs were built in 1971, according to the dates shown on Paul Bartlett's images. The other type date from about 5 years earlier. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbos Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Here’s a pic of the 3 different 00 gauge whisky blues, left to right Lima, Trix, Triang, Lima. The Lima is a bit over height, the Triang is even more over height and the Trix is 3.8mmish underscale. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexAshton Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 18:44, duncan said: Being pedantic (& legal), Scotch is always spelt whisky Being a single malt fan I should have got that right! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexAshton Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 21:30, Kylestrome said: That helps me a great deal because I've been searching for ages for decent photos of these advertising boards. Do you have any more like this? Apologies to the OP for the 'thread hijack'. David Don't worry about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2019 13 hours ago, turbos said: Here’s a pic of the 3 different 00 gauge whisky blues, left to right Lima, Trix, Triang, Lima. The Lima is a bit over height, the Triang is even more over height and the Trix is 3.8mmish underscale. The Triang 4mm scale version is ok bodywise but compromised by the chassis adaptation. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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