Greens various

I think the BS381C Shade 225 Light Brunswick Green is probably close, I'll have a look at one in daylight tomorrow and see how good/bad a match it is.

Kind regards,

Peter

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Anything other than the long lines of Boring Green (I'll get it in the neck for that now!) engines of every shape under the sun but in one shade or another of Brunswick Green.

I wonder what the attraction was? Amanco and a few others - Victoria, for instance - thought red was good, but it's almost as if green was the default colour. Reboot the production line and they start coming out in BG again ..............

Having been brought up in my formative years (18-36) against a background of Vincents and Velocettes, I tend towards black with gold lines ;o))

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

- who wishes you and yours all the very best for the New Year.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Boring green" Is that darker than "Vile green"? ;-) Mike.H. Off to a new year p**s up soon so

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

Contrasts well with Metalichrome Turd Brown

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How about simply chrome plating an engine? It would certainly stand out and catch the sun remarkably well. Guaranteed a picture in SEM surely.

John

Hmmm, I don't know that chrome plating an engine would be on. It would cost far more than paint and the chrome would need filing down in some places to make the moving parts fit properly.

Also, it would not be popular with the public as it would be both hard to look at and difficult to photograph on bright days.

From a cooling point of view it would make it more difficult to dissipate heat than from a dark surface - but there is a process called black chrome, I believe.

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

Cast iron is almost impossible to chrome plate. It's a _huge_ amount of work to polish and fill it first.

If you do plate something rough, stopping at nickel plate is a better idea. You'd have to nickel plate, polish, and then chrome it anyway.

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Only in America!

There is a nickel-plated R&V engine in Indiana.

On page 18 of TOMM Issue 110 in Peter Lowe's article on the 2003 Centenary Celebration & World Wide Reunion of R&V.

Thought to have been a sales rep's sample engine.

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