NER Building colours
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:07 am
I am in the process of repainting various buildings on my layout into, as accurately as possible, correct NER colours.
A thread I came across 5 or 6 years ago (www.stationcolours.info) states paints for NER modellers is Prestige Paints' 'SR Building Cream' for the cream/buff main colour and Tamiya's 'Red Brown' for the contrast.
We cannot get Prestige in New Zealand but I have a suitable alternative, however the Tamiya 'Red Brown' suggested (XF64) seems to be too 'brown' when compared with actual colour photos I have of ex NER buildings ( a good example is the Hexham gantry/signal cabin).
I have therefore tried Tamiya's 'Dull Red' which whilst much redder does look closer to the colour photo examples I have.
Has any forum member gone through this process and can assist with some ideas (bearing in mind Tamiya and to a lesser extent Humbrol are the products readily available here).
Many thanks.
Graeme Leary
New Zealand
A thread I came across 5 or 6 years ago (www.stationcolours.info) states paints for NER modellers is Prestige Paints' 'SR Building Cream' for the cream/buff main colour and Tamiya's 'Red Brown' for the contrast.
We cannot get Prestige in New Zealand but I have a suitable alternative, however the Tamiya 'Red Brown' suggested (XF64) seems to be too 'brown' when compared with actual colour photos I have of ex NER buildings ( a good example is the Hexham gantry/signal cabin).
I have therefore tried Tamiya's 'Dull Red' which whilst much redder does look closer to the colour photo examples I have.
Has any forum member gone through this process and can assist with some ideas (bearing in mind Tamiya and to a lesser extent Humbrol are the products readily available here).
Many thanks.
Graeme Leary
New Zealand