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stamford
07-10-10, 12:35 PM
Whilst at work in the kitchen making a hot beverage of apparant south American origin my attention was drawn to a car driving past. Said powered carriage looked like a mk2 ZS with full 180 kit and 'lexus' lights. The colour somewhat threw me as it looked just like the RAF blue tone..........................then realised it was probably similar to AlanF's recently demised 45 in a similar hue. Now if it was a mk2 45 then I must admit to not ever remembering seeing such a colour let alone a ZS. Can anyone shed some light on this find? Just a tad curious.
gsinclairzs
07-10-10, 01:16 PM
Was it possibly a Lancaster Bomber?
Zippy Saloon
07-10-10, 01:20 PM
Could be a Monogram one, not scanned very well:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x88/Gary_6315/monogramcolours.jpg

Chagall, 3rd down on right, or Nocturne, 2nd down on left, look a little like RAF blue on the chart.
stamford
07-10-10, 03:48 PM
No, it's the dull blue/grey of the RAF, shade not seen on the chart and defo not a Lancaster Bomber as the wing wasn't big enough!
Dan1971
07-10-10, 04:03 PM
Maybe one in primer getting ready for a proper spray ?
Maxxed_Ross
07-10-10, 05:40 PM
or a mk1 45 with a full mk2 conversion
Zippy Saloon
07-10-10, 05:42 PM
Would Royal Blue be too dark?
stamford
07-10-10, 09:54 PM
Maybe one in primer getting ready for a proper spray ?

No, too shiny for primer.

or a mk1 45 with a full mk2 conversion

Could be, was a 54 plate which puts it at 50/50

Would Royal Blue be too dark?

Yea, too dark.
Ritchy
07-10-10, 10:00 PM
where you dreaming
stamford
08-10-10, 07:25 AM
where you dreaming

No, I wasn't even moist ;)
petet16
08-10-10, 08:05 AM
You hadn't been imbibing some other sort of beverage had you:hmm:
Andyf
08-10-10, 08:53 AM
No, it's the dull blue/grey of the RAF, shade not seen on the chart and defo not a Lancaster Bomber as the wing wasn't big enough!

I think I know what you mean, I was followed by a MK2 in that colour the other morning but only very briefly as I turned left and it went straight on. I was annoyed I hadnt noticed it was a ZS earlier and like you was confused by the colour. I have seen the colour before and thought it was on a photo of a mk2 but I cant find it or the colour anywhere. It was a dull green/grey/blue colour and looked very nice.
Maxfly
08-10-10, 09:01 AM
would it have maybe been a 45 dressed up as a ZS?? Sounds like a nice colour though:)
Andyf
08-10-10, 09:11 AM
I don't think so, it had the 180 kit on it and as Stamford said I have never seen a MK2 45 in that colour, it looks like a monogram one.

It drove past the end of my road at about 8:00am so I shall keep an eye out for it as it may be local.
Andyf
08-10-10, 10:03 AM
I think the one I saw may have been Gulfstream,

http://gallery.mg-rover.org/data/587/1zr_gulfstream_3.jpg

It was a dark miserable morning when I saw it and that in poor light could be the colour I saw.

When I looked at Gulfstream before I think I looked at this picture of a gulfstream 45 which looks a different colour;

http://gallery.mg-rover.org/data/576/145_gulfstream_2.jpg
stamford
08-10-10, 10:29 AM
It could be, in natural daylight it may appear brighter. Seeing that those two are mk1s I guess it is possible some painted shells could have gone onto a mk2 build spec. The ZR looks darned close mind.
Andyf
26-12-10, 10:41 AM
I found the picture I was thinking of,

http://gallery.mg-rover.org/data/3184/DSC00040.JPG