Can anyone suggest the best match for Network Rail Sunshine Yellow in the Vallejo [sp?] acrylic range? TIA, Brian
When I did a search for that colour some of the pictures that came up made it look very similar to Union Pacific "Armor Yellow" :hmmm:
However you can see from the photographs how the same colour differs, I assure you these are all the same colour when put side by side ;)
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/Scotsoft/NGF/UP/9651f048.jpg)
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/Scotsoft/NGF/UP/fc13d46f.jpg)
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/Scotsoft/NGF/UP/52600d10.jpg)
cheers John.
Agree with John
Vallejo colour is either deep yellow or Golden yellow looking at the colours online if you do a search on google images Brian ;) not sure if i have either in my range of their colours if so i'll do a paint sample & post a picture of it.
Hard to tell from photos but I also think the UP yellow is a bit more golden than Network Rail's, and might be similar to the yellow used on modern cab ends in GB. When I looked carefully at one of the NR locos a couple of years back, the yellow on the sides was a very slightly different shade from the ends. Or have they since changed things by using the "end" colour all the way round?
Quote from: edwin_m on October 27, 2012, 02:33:26 PM
Hard to tell from photos but I also think the UP yellow is a bit more golden than Network Rail's, and might be similar to the yellow used on modern cab ends in GB. When I looked carefully at one of the NR locos a couple of years back, the yellow on the sides was a very slightly different shade from the ends. Or have they since changed things by using the "end" colour all the way round?
They are different. Sunshine Yellow is al pantone yellow shade so you should be able to get a Pantone match for it. The yellow ends are a slightly different yellow as per the rules for having yellow ends and I believe are from a (to most intents obsolete) BSI standard.
Thanks for the info chaps.
Quote from: EtchedPixels on October 27, 2012, 07:31:34 PM
They are different
I knew about the differing colours on the body and nose as seen here:
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Brian
Quote from: kiwi1941 on October 26, 2012, 08:41:55 PMCan anyone suggest the best match for Network Rail Sunshine Yellow in the Vallejo acrylic range?
If I may be allowed to answer my own question, in case it's of help to anyone else!
I came across Vallejo Game Colour Sun Yellow Cat. No. 72.006 and here it is on a Peco van shown against a Farish Main Data Coach.
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Allowing for differences in camera/monitor, it looks a pretty good match to me and, with the addition of a few drops of diluent and another of retarder, it airbrushes well too.
HTH, Brian
Thanks. Could have done with that a few years back when trying to get the info out of network rail - whose HQ was so inept they couldn't tell me and ended up putting me through to the help line to report dangerous incidents
Doh...
http://www.paint4models.com/ (http://www.paint4models.com/)
i've heard this site is quite good for paint lookups.
EP may be referring to a time, only three or four years back, when the Group Standards were only available on CD for (no doubt) a largeish amount of money, and may even have been unavailable to private individuals. In a rare outbreak of common sense, RSSB presumably decided there was nothing in them worth hiding and it probably cost more to administer the CDs than it earned in fees.
Quote from: AndyGif on March 12, 2013, 12:10:19 PM
http://www.paint4models.com/ (http://www.paint4models.com/)
i've heard this site is quite good for paint lookups.
Yes Andy it is a very good reference ;) http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=10779.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=10779.0)
Quote from: upnick on March 12, 2013, 08:04:42 PM
Quote from: AndyGif on March 12, 2013, 12:10:19 PM
http://www.paint4models.com/ (http://www.paint4models.com/)
i've heard this site is quite good for paint lookups.
Yes Andy it is a very good reference ;) http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=10779.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=10779.0)
Probably where I bookmarked it from then. :hmmm: