tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366539710456774874.post14746640641048803..comments2024-03-01T00:15:17.153-08:00Comments on Collecting QR: The Wrong Colour!Paul Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960952462429232952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366539710456774874.post-51502321488632422252011-08-12T06:54:17.700-07:002011-08-12T06:54:17.700-07:00You might never find the perfect colour. I can'...You might never find the perfect colour. I can't speak for QR, but down in vic it was a bit of a railway honor to create your own colour (named after you) and have it used on rolling stock. Freight Australia rolling stock was painted in M.V.O. Green and M.V.O. yellow. M stood for Marinus, V for "Van" and O for Onselen. Marinus Van Onselen was the CEO of Freight Australia and he selected the custom colour blends himself. How do I know this? I was the project engineer and I had to order batches of the stuff or it would hold up my locomotive build project (X class locos....now known as XR) because components had to be pre-painted before they went in. I also had to send suppliers the custom blend recipe to get stuff painted off site. There was simply no equivalent for it in the standard colour blends offered by the major suppliers. It was a real bitch. Anyway, felt like sharing. Hope your problem is a different one!Monikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13110152286469160353noreply@blogger.com