The Southern Railway/Region was very good at just revarnishing rather than a full repaint, so presumably this would also lead to variation in the green.

Martyn

Quote from: Bealman on February 09, 2026, 11:39:07 PMWouldn't the real thing be variable anyway because of being out in the weather?

Very much so.

I remember seeing a pic (not sure if it was in here or not) of two preserved GWR vans in completely different shades of grey. The photographer said that he'd asked the people who'd restored them what the difference was and got the reply "About six months".

They're compartmented - see the CAD Image of the brake-second/third about a third of the way down the December project update:
https://www.dapol.co.uk/blogs/news/n-gauge-lms-period-iii-57ft-non-lavatory-suburban-stock-progress-report

From all the colour pictures I have even weathered stock wouldn't be as different as the two colours we are discussing. Hopefully Dapol will get it right when they finally do some high windows in BR green. I think Adam mentioned that the green would be better this time, or words to that effect.

Dave

Wouldn't the real thing be variable anyway because of being out in the weather?

The Stanier non-corridor coaches project is now 90% there, according to Dapol's Facebook account but it hasn't appeared on their website-proper yet . . .

 I was sure they were initially announced as "non-corridor" but now they seem to be "non-lavatory suburban"? Are they compartmented or open?

In my eyes the Dapol green used on the low window Maunsells is quite a bit lighter than that on the Bachmann Farish coaches. I intend to respray mine when I get round to spraying a rake of high windows that have had their SR livery taken off.

Dave

I think you will find they are pretty similar if you compare both firms BR(S) greens post 1956.

SR Olive (Dapol Maunsell coaches 1930s-40s) is darker and SR malachite (some Farish Bulleid coaches) (1940s-mostly early 50s) is lighter.

They would look different in real life in any case because the Maunsell stock is wooden and the Mk 1 stock is steel, so the surface finish would give a different appearance.

The southern used to run Mk 1s, Bulleid, and Maunsell stock in semi-permanently coupled sets with set numbers, so it would be rare (but not unknown) to see a mix of different designer's coaches in the same train.

For example, some boat train stock could be all Maunsell in the 1950s, but by the 1960s you could see a mix of Bulleid and BR Mk1 coaches.

Bob

Hi all,

My google searching appears to have failed me so here I am. I'm looking for a comparison of the BR Greens on the Farish Mk 1 coaches (2010 tooling) and the Dapol Maunsell coaches.

Does anyone have a photo they could share?

Thanks.

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