Ever onward, another round trip to Halfords this morning, two actually, yes you guessed it, another can let go on me again, blue this time!
Still I returned with Golden Yellow which was too pale and Azure Blue (BS381 104) which success of all successes looks pretty bang on
I tried to get some BS381 356 Golden Yellow made up, but this branch couldn't do that, the mix contained colours which contained traces of lead and they were not licensed to dispense leaded paints, even in trace colours so those colours were missing off the shelf
We picked another near colour BS381 363 which is Bold Yellow, hmm err no, that didn't mix up well, in fact it looked like the UP yellow noted above from the Floquil site, which makes me think that once sprayed it might actually look like yellow and not the runny cat
it does in the mixing cup. Either way I wasn't going to take a punt so flicked through the colour charts and opted for Lamborghini Giallo yellow....turns out Giallo is yellow and there's loads of them....so I can't tell you exactly which yellow it is
On top of this they then told me they couldn't sell me two tins of made up paint, by law they can only supply a maximum of 500ml of made up paint at any one time....each tin is 300ml. I asked them how long I would have to sit in the car park before the limit was reset so I could come back and buy the second can
In the end we had to take it through the till as two transactions, using two different credit cards! The stupidity of it all is that last night I walked out with six cans of pre-made stuff, nearly 2 ½ litres! and that's legal, in addition, if the made up paint is metalic then there is no limit at all, yet the metalic paint has an additive that is highly toxic, but they can dispense that at will and as much as the customer wants. Paints with out the 'highly toxic additive'....are restricted to one can per transaction, go figure!
To be fair the staff were very reasonable about it all and likened it to the crazy law we have about purchasing Aspirins and Paracetamol, it just makes it bloody awkward for the genuine customer in my mind.
This is the reason why I like modelling in metal, just drop it in thinners, swish it about and dry off and it's ready for another go
Here's the results from today, slightly better masking but it's a colour test so not overly worried about that.
Outside under cloud
Inside under natural lighting
You'll have to excuse the spattery paint effect, it's these crappy tins they use for their mix up paints, but, overall not a bad colour check really, the blue is pretty bang on in my eyes, certainly in the flesh and the yellow I'm still not sure about, so may revert back to the Rover Inca Yellow which has more of an orange tint. Having said that, the image outside shows the yellow to have a distinct orange feel, yet in the flesh it's no where near that deep a colour, which leads me onto other thoughts about PC screens and the such like....going back to Richards point last night.
Almost all of the images I have in normal well lit light show the yellow to be quite golden, on the PC screen, much like the test shot above, but in reality the test shot is lighter, could it be that in real life the CSX yellow is lighter and it's modern digital cameras that are changing the hue, it's not just my photos but the several thousand others I have from other photographers which exhibit the same trait. Maybe some mileage, maybe nothing.
I've attached some more images that might help solve this conundrum.
A close up shows how dark the blue can actually be and quite a dark yellow.
Again a darker blue but very orange front.
Interesting one here , note patch under number, that blue easily fits the lighter Vauxhall Blue I used last night on the can under the cab images
Ironically that blue (Vauxhall Regatta Blue) and yellow (Fiat Broom Yellow) combination is also perfect for some BNSF locos
Finally two good shots that prove the yellow changed between YN2 and YN3 schemes
YN2 leading with YN3 trailing, the YN3 is much more orange.
And in reverse
The yellows I currently have easily match YN2, but Yn3 is still illusive.
One colour down, one to go, I'll order some of the Azure blue from Doncaster Autos, their cans have pretty good nozzles for model spraying, the Halfords mixed up paint can nozzles are
if I'm honest but the pre made stuff can be used quite effectively. I may see if they can do the Golden Yellow with leaded additive colours and may drop for the Bold Yellow, even though in the cup it looks like runny cat
Onward!