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Originally posted by Iain Wyllie
Is No 34 Slate Grey really green? Rather strange name for a green unless, of course, it is some exotic form of slate!
Is there a FS number for it? This, if I remember correctly was one of the shades used in the early Caunter scheme and used to be described as a blue grey, but then, maybe my references are out of date.
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You really need to pick up a copy of Mike Starmer's book "The Caunter Scheme" to get back up to speed. Whatever it lacks in glossy production values is more than made up for in the content and research.
The blue grey or light blue for the intermediate shade is shown to be a partial fallacy - "partial" in that some of the alternative colours that may have been used *might* have faded towards a slightly bluish shade of grey. However the sky blues which were once though to have been used and were perpetuated by legions of modellers following Tamiya and Arifix instruction sheets seem to be thoroughly discredited.
If you're in the US try
www.boomersbooks.net for a copy.
Aidrian