OK, I'm in nit picking mode

[guest311]

received today from Liverpool my latest RAFP model, this time
https://www.hattons.co.uk/492811/oxford_diecast_76lr2s007_land_rover_series_ii_swb_canvas_raf_police/stockdetail.aspx

which has followed this
https://www.hattons.co.uk/465986/oxford_diecast_76lrl007_land_rover_lightweight_canvas_raf_police/stockdetail.aspx

and in due course will be joined by
https://www.hattons.co.uk/394353/oxford_diecast_76vw031_volkswagen_vw_van_raf_police/stockdetail.aspx

and probably
https://www.hattons.co.uk/519515/oxford_diecast_76lrl010_land_rover_lightweight_raf_police_akrotiri/stockdetail.aspx

though why the first and last are listed in public service vehicles and not military ground vehicles does baffle me 

anyway, what baffles me also is why Oxford Diecast can put the correct RAF POLICE plate on the lightweight, ie black stripe above red stripe with black lettering above black stripe, but on the one received today have just put the black lettering on a red plate  :'(

also, from my memories of Ballykelly, we also had the plate on the rear, as well as a blue beacon on the roof, ? metal plate welded to tilt frame, then beacon added ?, which is shown on the Akrotiri version.

am I expecting too much for my hard earned cash ?

[Bob G]

I guess because they are only a fiver(ish) each, and what can you get for a fiver these days?

Do you remember when Dapol forgot to paint the buffer beams on their first BR terriers? or forgot to put the yellow warning panel on D1000, or used over-bright lining on their mixed traffic steam locos, or the wrong colour route availability markings on their GWR 4-6-0s?

The HST-P purchasers are now complaining about the positioning of the transfers on each coach being wrong, and at £300 for the complete coach pack, I guess it puts £25 of (otherwise very nice) RAF Police vehicles with simplified badging into context.

Hmmmm... all these are Dapol grumbles....wonder of there is a pattern emerging

Keep smiling
Bob

[guest311]

you make a good point, so a set of these
http://www.kingfisherminiatures.co.uk/raf-police-vehicle-markings-i130.htm
ordered, and I can apply them over the wrong markings.

had to have at least one of these on the shelf, as I remember driving these when I was in NI in the late 60s.
just need now to source a blue beacon to go on top ...


one of these
https://www.hattons.co.uk/151368/oxford_diecast_76mar005_morris_marina_heathrow_fire_service/stockdetail.aspx
will give me x2 blue and x1 amber beacons, the vehicle can then be striped and repainted, turned upside down, surrounded by debris on a base, and become a wrecked vehicle after a riot 

sorted.

[N_GaugeModeller]

Re Dapol getting their colours wrong, I do find it odd that no one mentions just how wrong the cream colour is they use on the Crimson & Cream stock, on the Autocoaches I have it's almost orange.  Is it because of the anything is better than nothing mentality we often see attached to complaints about Dapol.

Hat coat door 

[Bealman]

Poole Farish blood & custard coaches came in all sorts of shades in the nineties. I've got photos on here to back that up, but being on me phone right now, can't be bothered looking for 'em.

I was just happy to have a whole train of them back then.

[N_GaugeModeller]

True but my Dapol stock are current models you would think with all the resurch done in resent years by  model makers and paint suppliers that would get something basic like cream correct, the autocoaches look like they have been tangoed, or they did, I had to repaint them something less orange from the Railmatch range.

It's not even consistent across their own range, if you line up all their crimson and cream stock their cream is all over the spectrum.

Still shouldn't complain it's better than nothing 😉

NGM

[njee20]

Poole Farish blood & custard coaches came in all sorts of shades in the nineties. I've got photos on here to back that up, but being on me phone right now, can't be bothered looking for 'em.

I was just happy to have a whole train of them back then.

They still do! I've got a rake of mk1s (all the recent releases) and there's a huge variation in the shades of red. No idea if it's prototypical, it's my steam charter rake, and well out of my area of expertise!

There are so many livery errors on virtually all models we'd be here all day pointing them out. Ironically I like some of them - FGW mk3 coaches have blue roofs, but they look black in service because the wash plants create a defined line at the edge of the roof, it looks intentional! Dapol painted them black, which IMO looks better than the 'clean' blue.

Sometimes they change correct colours for wildly wrong ones - early GBRF 66s were the right colour, the last ones have been totally wrong.

[Bealman]

The crimson on some of mine is maroon.... in fact I get the impression it's the same paint for their full maroon BR coaches.

[Bealman]

Oh, just found pic, even on me phone!

[crewearpley40]

Even the blue grey era modellers find the oddcahade issues in have. The CK coach grey is a tad white compared to the Restaurant Car which is carrying a dark deep blue and a darker grey. Could it be the moulding ,  plastics ?

[crewearpley40]

Try this way up

[Bealman]

Those two look like two different brands, the one on the right being Farish, the one on the left Minitrix or even Lima.

[crewearpley40]

Correct George. The restaurant car is farish the CK is Lima, the shaded just drew me to this discussion. One can clearly see the shades in the plum / custard and maroon shades if you know what I mean in the reds.

[njee20]

Oh, just found pic, even on me phone!

Yeah ok that is bad! I thought the one on the left was chocolate and cream!

[crewearpley40]

Oh, just found pic, even on me phone!

Yeah ok that is bad! I thought the one on the left was chocolate and cream!

Looks like squashed plum and deep purple .