[SEL] SEL Digest, Vol 92, Issue 9

[Dave Rotigel]

If ANYONE on the LIST believes that all the engines that were made by any single engine company (in the early part of the 20th century) were painted the same shade of green (or any other given colo(u)r for that matter) I wish they would contact me off list. I have a BRIDGE for sale!
	Dave

On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Jerry Evans wrote:

>   At 07:00 PM 17/11/11, you wrote:
> 
>     Message: 13
>     Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:56:07 -0800
>     From: rdhaskell at juno.com
>     Subject: Re: [SEL] Paint match
>     Thanks Mark.
>     It seems I was asking about the wrong color.  What I really need is
>     Deep
>     Bronze Green  BS381c-224.  It is extremely dark, at least that is
>     how my
>     monitor shows it.  Will probably need someone from England or
>     Australia
>     to send a color chip to take to the paint shop to match.  Thanks for
>     your
>     reply.
>     Ron Haskell
> 
>   Hi Ron,
>           Those Brits and their "Greens" - Mid Brunswick was used by
>   Lister but it was at one time the"standard" green to use for all
>   (British) industrial equipment. Very closely related to British Racing
>   Green (maybe a "smidge" lighter)
> 
>           ISTR that "Deep Bronze Green" was also called "Land Rover
>   Green" but not too sure but also closely related to the"Brunswick
>   colours". I think that Ruston or Petters used that colour but it's late
>   here and I would not "swear to it".
>           You can never go by your Monitor colours but a Google search
>   for RGB (Red Green Blue) colour equivalent chart can help. Once you
>   have found the "RGB" then ask someone who has a graphics programme like
>   Photoshop or CorelDraw to do a letter size drawing with a rectangle
>   filling the page coloured with that RGB formula. Take that drawing to a
>   decent printing company and ask them to print it out on coated paper
>   for you (your home inkjet printer may not be as accurate as the high
>   quality printers used by the printing company). That will give you
>   pretty good idea of the colour and a paint shop can mix from it.
>   (Remember that a colour printed onto coated or even a glossy paper will
>   vary slightly from the same colour printed onto matte (or Plain) paper.
> 
>     ((The colour you mention "BS381c-224" has a small "c" just after the
>     381 - that only means that that it is what the the colour will look
>     like on a "coated" paper - the printing company will be able to
>     explain more than I can !))
> 
>   A very quick search gives the RGB equivalent as 30 40 20 (ie 30 parts
>   RED - 40 parts Green - 20 parts Blue) but I'm tired and in a hurry so
>   best check yourself :-(
>   If you like I can do the CorelDraw drawing for you - let me know off
>   list.
> 
>   Keep the revs up (or down)
>   Jerry Evans
>   Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
>   Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
>   <[1]www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm>
> 
> References
> 
>   1. http://www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm
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