One body colour QUIZ

[tractorboy]

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Another wet Auckland day, so stuck indoors.

Here's a 2 part quiz to get you looking at your models.

Without referring to a Regular Wheel 1-75 model guide put the 4 colours in order from most used to least used SINGLE body colour.
1st most used body colour - 4th least used body colour (of the 4 colours below).

Red
Blue
Green
Yellow

1st
2nd
3rd
4th

This part may need the use of a guide.
How many of the Regular Wheel 1-75 models come in the following colours?

Red ………..
Blue ……….
Green …...
Yellow …..

CRITERIA:
Metal body in just 1 colour excluding hand painted/masked trim/details, decals, plastics parts such as windscreens, hooks, canopies, etc.
Not including baseplates, wheels, rollers - just the body & any attachments e.g booms, beds.

It helps to imagine a model that would only have required ONE colour paint in spray process prior to hand or mask spraying for trim or detail.
e.g. 1A is green as gold detail & tan driver hand painted
Includes shades of colour e.g. dark green, mint green, metallic green.

I'll let the replies stack up and then after a set time/lack of interest/fine weather list the models for each colour.

I'll declare a winner (any ties go into draw) who can select from the following.

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Had a go myself and was way short on all colours. Got final numbers by checking in various guides

[matchboxkiwi]

It must be very wet in Auckland!! Not to bad here in Whanganui.
I reckon red, green, yellow and blue for colour use.
Have no idea at about the number of regular wheels produced in each colour....hey look, the sun has just come out!! Haven't got time for the second bit.


I'd guess - 65 red, 52green, 38 yellow and 31blue.

Cheers Steve

[tractorboy]

Steve,

started the post Saturday, only got round to finishing it this morning (checking all the colours).

[tractorboy]

I'd guess - 65 red, 52green, 38 yellow and 31blue. Cheers Steve

Well done Steve - Let me know which model you would like & I'll pop into the post.
Here's the final totals:
Green …..55
Red ……….43
Yellow …..37
Blue ………35

Blue
3A 4A 4C 7B 10C 12C 14D 17A 20B 23A 23B 25A 25B 27A 30A 31C 33A 33B 34A 36A 39C 40C 42B 46A 46B 46C 47B 52B 55B 58B 58A 60A 60B 65A 72A

Yellow
6B 6C 8A 8B 8C 8D 11A 11C 15A 18B 18C 18D 18E 20C 23D 24A 24B 28A 28B 31B 33C 37A 37B 38B 39B 41C 42A 43B 43C 45A 45B 52A 62C 63C 66A 69B 72B

Red
4A 4B 5A 5B 5C 5D 6D 8E 9A 9B 9C 10D 11A 11B 13C 17A 17C 20A 22C 24C 29C 32A 32B 35B 45A 47A 48C 52A 52B 57A 53B 56A 56B 57C 58B 59B 65B 65C 67B 69A 71B 73B 75C

Green
1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 2D 11A 12A 12B 13C 17A 17B 19C 19D 20A 21A 21B 21C 23B 23C 31C 33A 33B 34B 36B 36C 38C? 41A 41B 43A 46B 46C 49A 50B 50C 51B 53A 53C 54A 55A 56B 57A 59A 61A 62A 63A 64A 64B 67 A 68A 68B 71A 73C 74B 75C

[radar]

Great post. Thanks.
I love my 1-75s, some I've owned since the 1950s. I guess they're memory keepers. I am not fussed - I mix up my own originals with restorations, repros and some mint boxed. I just collect for enjoyment and I'm not even sure if my Vauxhall Victor has a dashboard or not.

I prefer the cars and commercials with wig written livery. When I went to school, teams and so on were often organised on Red, Green, Yellow, Blue basis. Accordingly, like your pic of four models above I like to group my shelves the same way.
I'll have a blue kombi, yellow Vauxhall, red Jag and green Austin Freeway.
I'm offshore ATM but I'll post a pic when I can.
My Display cabinet holds 35 models. I was hoping to put together a "blue" collection; Triumph, Anglia, Kombi etc etc.
interestingly you list 35 blue models so it fits in nicely.
I would have thought yellow would win because of the large number of construction vehicles.
I guess green "won" cause they gain an additional 10 military models in khaki green. I have a few army models but never display them - sombre and not a nice display colour.
Thanks again.

[tractorboy]

Hi radar,

Glad you enjoyed the post. Yes, the military models did boost the green category.
I think also my interpretation of metallic green and green/blue shade also helped.

Initially thought, after a quick glance at my collection that it would have been red.

Re grouping models - I occasionally have a change around and group models by category.
Putting all the military models together, farm vehicles, commercial, sports cars, etc - makes for interesting displays.

[tractorboy]

Steve,

let me know which model you would like - got your address so will post off once you let me know.

Rodger

[radar]

Hi radar,

Glad you enjoyed the post. Yes, the military models did boost the green category.
I think also my interpretation of metallic green and green/blue shade also helped.

Initially thought, after a quick glance at my collection that it would have been red.

Re grouping models - I occasionally have a change around and group models by category.
Putting all the military models together, farm vehicles, commercial, sports cars, etc - makes for interesting displays.

Ya, like I said my mixture of 50s originals, mint boxed, repros and restorations.
My favourites are the English sedans and Commercial vehicles with sign writing/decals.
Coupla rows you can see I've organised along Red, Yellow, Blue, Green process - trucks and cars.

The case is for Trax - dinky sized replicas of Australian Holdens and Falcons. I like to change over occasionally and mix my display - keep it discret and most of it is stored away.
My aim is to fill this display case with blue one body 1-75 RWs!

[matchboxkiwi]

Hi Rodger,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
I'd like the yellow tanker please.
Thank you very much.

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi

[tractorboy]

Nice collection of earlier models radar - like the display case, really shows them off well.

Steve, will get your model into the post over the next few days.