Need a little help on colours

[big_daddy_ray]

Hi everyone could someone please to me which maroon and cream these are please http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4495745659_605e4ebe8e.jpg

 

Is it the BR Maroon from the coaching and class 52's or the BR Crimson 1950-early 60, secondly which cream is it BR Cream 1950-early 60's

 

As I've just obtained a JB Model Land Rover and wish to replicate the one in the picture I've sourced the transfers from Fox but need to know which paint to get

 

 

Many thanks in advance

[zarniwhoop]

Hi everyone could someone please to me which maroon and cream these are please http://farm5.static...._605e4ebe8e.jpg

 

Is it the BR Maroon from the coaching and class 52's or the BR Crimson 1950-early 60, secondly which cream is it BR Cream 1950-early 60's

 

As I've just obtained a JB Model Land Rover and wish to replicate the one in the picture I've sourced the transfers from Fox but need to know which paint to get

 

 

Many thanks in advance

 

I don't know anything about road vehicle colours (except that even on the Southern Region they looked similar), but I assume it's blood and custard, so crimson and what looks like a very faded cream - I'd be tempted to try an ivory shade (humbrol 41). For the crimson, *none* of the colours I have here match that shade, my reds are redder, my crimsons are darker. Perhaps revell 37 topped with a satin varnish.

 

At the risk of spending a significant amount of money on paints, and the bigger problems of spending your time painting, varnishing, and assessing the results, and finding somewhere to store a myriad of tinlets and jars, you could get a selection of paints from the main maufacturers and paint some test strips to decide which ones work for you, and which don't. I did that myself, but if you aren't distracted by ideas such as "scale colour" it's perfectly ok to go with the shades that the paint manufacturers claim are correct

 

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[Ceptic]

Hi everyone could someone please to me which maroon and cream these are please http://farm5.static...._605e4ebe8e.jpg

 

Is it the BR Maroon from the coaching and class 52's or the BR Crimson 1950-early 60, secondly which cream is it BR Cream 1950-early 60's

 

As I've just obtained a JB Model Land Rover and wish to replicate the one in the picture I've sourced the transfers from Fox but need to know which paint to get

 

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Hi

Have a look at this Model Rail mag. offer.

 

http://www.rmweb.co....-176-landrover/

 

It looks to be more BR Maroon, than BR Crimson / Carmine. I would say the Cream is the 50s-60s shade.

I've had a look at the Airfix / Humbrol colour chart, and their BR Maroon looks too dark, while the EWS Maroon looks a closer match ? Or try Precision paints. I seem to remember, their BR Crimson was/is quite dark. Then, again, there's Howes Railmatch range.

 

Regards

[big_daddy_ray]

Thanks for the shouts back people, I think I'll go with the railmatch I've used a few of their products and have found them to be very good (acrylics), so it'll be BR Maroon(coaches, class52) and the 50-early 60's BR Cream, I'll post with the results but bare with me as I might need to change the colours about, Many thanks as ever