RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted Thursday at 19:59 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 19:59 see also here: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted Thursday at 20:19 RMweb Gold Share Posted Thursday at 20:19 I think the root problem is this is good news for the prime market the matching Halfords car paints are aimed at, bad news for the extra sales Halfords have always made to people wanting the spray cans for non-automotive use. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexl102 Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Just to throw out there, my local branches of The Range have a fairly range of car colours using names, as does EBay. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted 21 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 21 hours ago A silly question - if you give a registration number do they ask if it is your car/do you have to prove it? A bonus from this change might be, if they don’t, that if you see car XY 18 ??? in a car park in the shade (eg, BR maroon) you want then you can just jot the reg number down/phone snap it then go buy a tin. Would sharing that info’ breach whatever the GDPR data rules have become post BREXIT? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted 21 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) I popped into my local Halfords a couple of weeks ago for some oil. I done my normal thing of having a butchers at the paint, yes it is all number coded but the Lough branch had a card flip over chart, of the various car companies. There were list of colours and which was the best match of their new paint by numbers. There were two choices for Ford Burgundy, excellent I thought. When I looked on the shelf both were missing. I went home with just the oil. Edited 12 hours ago by Clive Mortimore 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted 13 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 13 hours ago 8 hours ago, john new said: if you see car XY 18 ??? in a car park in the shade (eg, BR maroon) you want then you can just jot the reg number down/phone snap it then go buy a tin. 7 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: There were two choices for Ford Burgundy My understanding from the other thread is they aren't pretending to offer exact matches now, just telling you which generic red from a much smaller range is nearest? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM666 Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago I too have fallen foul of the changes in the Halfords pint range recently. Ford ivory white for some platform canopies is no longer on the shelf. I mixed some Railmatch GWR light stone with Vallejo white to get what I needed. Although the ivory white would have been ok for my purpose, generally I find the 'colours' from Halfords too shiny and a bit heavy and prefer Railmatch acrylics for specific railway painting. However, the real problem in the change is that there are stories of their primers having their recipes changed. I read the other day of issues with the grey in particular not adhering to models. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 6 minutes ago, SteveM666 said: I read the other day of issues with the grey in particular not adhering to models. Specifically Pete Waterman's laser cut blocks of flats. No word on metal or plastic. As Luton boy, I would suggest the problem is that he is modelling Watford, and no good will ever come of that. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted 11 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 11 hours ago 1 minute ago, Phil Parker said: Specifically Pete Waterman's laser cut blocks of flats. No word on metal or plastic. As Luton boy, I would suggest the problem is that he is modelling Watford, and no good will ever come of that. At least you don't need a top coat for somewhere so dull. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted 10 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 10 hours ago 46 minutes ago, Phil Parker said: No word on metal or plastic. I did some 7mm plastic wagons the other day with the new ordinary primer (they do another one - I cant remember if it is plastic specific or says its enamel) and the bog standard stuff was fine. Could just have been the better Hampshire weather?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 7 hours ago 6 hours ago, Hal Nail said: My understanding from the other thread is they aren't pretending to offer exact matches now, just telling you which generic red from a much smaller range is nearest? Were they ever? And for our purposes as railway modellers they are an approximation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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