Can anyone identify the paint used here?

[Wear Valley Wanderer]

I need to find an exact match for the stripe that runs along the bottom of this Bachmann oo Class 24/1. Trying to get the body off I managed to scratch it. 

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

[John Isherwood]

2 minutes ago, Wear Valley Wanderer said:

I need to find an exact match for the stripe that runs along the bottom of this Bachmann oo Class 24/1. Trying to get the body off I managed to scratch it. 

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

 

You won't find an exact match off-the-shelf.

 

Start with a pale grey, and add a touch of BR loco green; paint a little onto copier paper - that'll take the shine out of the wet paint - and compare it to the stripe.

 

Add more green if required, or a little more pale grey if you've overdone the green; a touch of white may be needed.

 

Keep repeating the paper test - you'll get there in the end!

 

CJI.

[bigherb]

Precision paints do the correct colour P137 Light grey. How well it matches Bachmann's colour is another matter.

 https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/paint-products/precisionrailway/nationalised/diesel-electric-colours/14p137

 

[Wear Valley Wanderer]

Apparently the colour itself is called 'Cactus'. But as CJI said, I can't anyone who does an off-the-shelf match.

 

 

[stewartingram]

I believe Fox do a transfer for the lining job?

[SM42]

Would it  not be easier to repaint the whole stripe in an off the shelf colour made for the purpose?

 

Andy