sigtech Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 As above really, I have been searching on here for a definitive, or shall we say the most likely colour that Fruit D end walls were painted when in BR red livery. As it comes the ends are same as body, I've seen a photo of one with black ends as per other npccs during the mid BR period. Question is which is correct? Any advice gladly received, Regards, sigtech Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Black 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted January 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2021 From doing my own research when building the Parkside kit, definitely black. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigtech Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Thanks Miss P that was a speedy response... . I was sort of hoping for that answer, as I've cheated and already painted them that colour along with the wheels and roof, - have also just found a second one on the web, again in BR crimson and with black ends. Knew I'd get the info on here, it never fails!! Regards sigtech Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Not recalling any with black ends (it was a long time ago and they were usually all-over muck), I went to Mr. Bartlett's excellent site for confirmation and not one of the photos shows a black end. Granted most of these are BR blue, but the photo of W3472W (in presumably maroon or crimson) shows the end in body colour with a clear difference between body and headstock. The SVR seems to agree with me (as did both Hornby Dublo and Tri-ang back in the day, with the usual caveat not to copy a model). https://www.flickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/4308389361/ We have had this discussion previously with horse boxes. Could it be an individual works thing? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 More than likely there were variations. http://nnrailway.blogspot.com/2015/07/completion-special-gwr-designed-fruit-d.html https://www.svrwiki.com/GWR/BR_92090_Fruit_D_Van#/media/File:BR_92090_20150320.jpg 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted January 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2021 I think it was sometime in the early 60s when it seemed to go from black ends to body colour ends, based on the pictures I've seen of various NPCCS. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrox Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 A slight digression from the original topic, but would SR Van C ends be body colour or black in mid-1950's? Thanks, Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 A quick scan of the internet suggests black, but further investigation shows most to be in preservation. A contemporary photo to confirm seems as elusive as for the FRUIT D. Being away from my library doesn't help. My recollection (highly fallible) seems to suggest vehicles with a gangway, black, without, body colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigtech Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) The oo gauge model of the van' c' in BR red, R4347C as produced by Hornby has black painted ends I believe this is correct for mid 50' s- early 60's. I have one of these models running in one of my parcels trains. Regards Steve SIGTECH. Edited January 27, 2021 by sigtech extra text. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, sigtech said: The oo gauge model of the van' c' in BR red, R4347C as produced by Hornby has black painted ends I believe this is correct for mid 50' s- early 60's. I have one of these models running in one of my parcels trains. As has their crimson liveried CCT R 6641B just released. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted January 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2021 17 hours ago, petrox said: A slight digression from the original topic, but would SR Van C ends be body colour or black in mid-1950's? Thanks, Pete From the photos I've seen, I would assume black at that time. As I said it seemed to be the early 60s when it changed to body colour, at least on the southern and western regions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrox Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Thanks for the info - time for the black paint. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) Further research on the net has only found photos which confirm my original, "all-over muck". https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F Edited January 28, 2021 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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