Chris Dark Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hi all, Hopefully I can gain the answer I need from this thread, I am in the process of building and painting the Conflat A wagon and I am struggling to identify the colour of items, partly because of my lack of technical knowledge but also I don't believe the instructions cover all areas. I havn't got any trusted literature or images which show the wagon and I am conscious of using online imagery due to inaccuracies. Can any one advise, in simple layman terms, the colour of the Conflats including underframes and/or share images of them. The model is to depict a GWR Conflat A in WW2. I have the colours I needs I just would like confirmation on what needs to be painted each colour Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 http://www.gwr.org.uk/galbailey4.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Dark Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 48 minutes ago, Miss Prism said: http://www.gwr.org.uk/galbailey4.html Thanks for your reply, I have seen this image but it is hard to define between the dark grey and black. I have added my thoughts below, are these correct? The GWR grey on the axle boxes also is for all the brake gear, the only black being the soll bar (underframe) Sorry for being so basic in my explanations Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I would use 2 shades of grey and leave out the black. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 A single grey is all you need. The natural shadows on the solebar and underframe bits will complete the picture. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I would use 2 shades of grey and leave out the black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted January 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Bigbee Line said: I would use 2 shades of grey and leave out the black. Not sure what you mean? They were one shade of grey all over? Edited January 27, 2020 by Hal Nail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 39 minutes ago, Hal Nail said: Not sure what you mean? They were one shade of grey all over? I mean to use dark grey instead of black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Dark Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 I’ve painted the buffer beam black and the buffer casings grey as the instructions. Should I leave these black or just do the whole thing in grey? Is there a definitive answer the to the colour schemes or did it vary? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isambarduk Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 16 hours ago, Chris Dark said: do the whole thing in grey? I would; I believe that was the spec. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Dark Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks for the replies all. All grey it is . Slot easier that way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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