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Article #110Re: Why paint items in historic liveries?
From: Terry Flynn
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 03:39
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 03:39
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"Roy Wilke" <noidontwantanyspamthankyouverymuch@thisisp.com> wrote in message news:42896a09$0$4659$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > > > Terry Flynn wrote: > > > > "Roy Wilke" <noidontwantanyspamthankyouverymuch@thisisp.com> wrote in > > message news:4282e96f$0$10304$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > > > >> > >>Fred Morley wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I will throw my 6 penneth worth the colour of the 38's were battle ship > > > > grey > > > >>>,we used to go and look at them during lunch break at Broadmeadow high > >>>school, (student there 1945-1948 )which was just over the fence if you > >>>could find it. > >>>FredMorley > >> > >>Phht! You should know that having actually seen the locomotives in the > >>correct colour scheme when the paint was still fresh doesn't compare to > >>the accurate knowledge to be gained from looking at a 50-year-old and > >>out-of-focus B&W picture taken with the trusty Box Brownie camera. ;) > >> > > > > > > That's why I am using a colour reproduction as my reference as opposed to > > your nothing Roy. Fred's recollection is consistent with the colour print. > > > > It's now on my web page. > > Congratulations. You do know that colour prints and colour > transparencies deteriorate over time, don't you? > Yes, and also produce colour shifts. > As for my "nothing" -- well, life is too short and magnificent IMO to be > wasted on devoting my time to finding out the exact shade of green that > NSW Railways used in the 1940s. > So is my life. The 38 Green colour has been found, and I and others have painted our 38's and moved on years ago. -- Terry Flynn http://angelfire.com/clone/rail/index.html HO wagon weight and locomotive tractive effort estimates DC control circuit diagrams HO scale track standards
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