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Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:42 pm
by Idris
Over the years, we have had plenty of discussions regarding Lesney's pale green fading to pale blue. These have previously been mainly in the context of the 21c Commer Milk Float and, to a lesser extent, the 29b Austin Cambridge. In addition, in my collection, I have a pale blue, sunfaded 34b VW Camper (bought for a pittance for the novelty value), but I've never either seen or heard of a pale blue, sunfaded 59a Singer Van. However, there was recently one on Ebay, and a copy of the listing photograph is posted below.
Re: Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:40 pm
by fixer
One I've had for ages
Re: Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 2:00 am
by Idris
fixer wrote:One I've had for ages
Yes. I was almost caught out by one of those a while back.
Re: Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:50 am
by Diecast
I agree with Hugh, the pale-green painting is fading to pale blue. But I think this is not the case by 57a Wolseley 1500 (perhaps only by some models only). My grey Wolseley has the same shade of the painting at the base plate and inside the model also.
Antonin
Re: Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:27 pm
by fixer
That's interesting as the finish (what's left) is very even
Re: Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:15 pm
by Idris
I have my doubts, and it may well be that different batches of pale green fade in different ways as a result of differences in pigment composition.
There is
grey 57a for sale as a BiN on Ebay at the moment, but the photograph showing the side view appears to show severe browning of the GPW (especially the front one), as if they have been exposed to strong sunlight over an extended period of time.
Re: Unusual Sunfade
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:46 am
by motorman
Idris wrote:I have my doubts, and it may well be that different batches of pale green fade in different ways as a result of differences in pigment composition.
There is
grey 57a for sale as a BiN on Ebay at the moment, but the photograph showing the side view appears to show severe browning of the GPW (especially the front one), as if they have been exposed to strong sunlight over an extended period of time.
By the looks of the rusted axles this 57a has been in a moist environment as well as in direct sun light. Could moisture and light in combination produce a causal fading effect leading to different shade combinations?