marples plane

[lurcher]

hi lads i got a marples no6 from the bootsale this morning for£20.00 it has a marples blade, cap iron and lever cap both the fine rosewood handles are very nice condition only problem is the amount of paint on it
if anyone knows wat the original colour is i would be greatful as it will get a full overall

 

[tobytools]

red i believe
TT

 

[Phil Pascoe]

+1

 

[AndyT]

Yes to red:

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/post708480.html#p708480

 

[lurcher]

was looking for the bs no for the red or the name of the red it seems to me to be a very nice plane and at £20.00
you cannot get a new record copy for that altho there is a chap who was selling a new record no 7 for £35 was a nice looking plane but i didnt buy it

 

[Richard T]

Strikes me as a very garish red.



The exact name of the colour must be on the interweb somewhere ...

 

[Phil Pascoe]

was looking for the bs no for the red or the name of the red it seems to me to be a very nice plane and at £20.00
you cannot get a new record copy for that altho there is a chap who was selling a new record no 7 for £35 was a nice looking plane but i didnt buy it

I've a 4, a 5, and a 7 - they're excellent planes. Your 6 for £20 is undoubtedly a better buy than the new 7.

 

[RogerP]

Strikes me as a very garish red.
The exact name of the colour must be on the interweb somewhere ...

It looks (on my monitor) similar to red used on Millers Falls hand drills - which is Insignia Red. The Humbrol number is 153 but I think you'd need quite a few of their tinlets for a plane

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If that colour is anything like true on my monitor, I think the red is more "pillar box" (that's not the technical term!).

 

[RogerP]

Move the slider and the cursor here http://scalemodeldb.com/paint to see just how many red colour variations there are.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

As red as you can get on that scale, I'd have thought.

 

[lurcher]

will go to dulux trade centre today and see what i can find i was a decorator for my trade and thee best way was the bs system for finding the colour will try to work out how to post a few pics later any help on that 1 would be good to please lads

 

[baldpate]

As chance would have it, I have only just finished refurbishing a Marples M5 jack. Here is a picture.

I used plasti-kote Metallic Red as the paint - 5 coats. It is very easy to apply - water based, touch dry in 10 minutes, I got all coats done in a single day. I stripped it with B&Q stripper, as recommended by another forum member, but left the area under the rear handle untouched so I could judge the colour match. I was prepared to tint the Metallic Red if necessary, but to my eye it was a pretty good match out of the pot.

By the way, on my plane the frog was black, so I repainted it that way (again using plasti-kote) - I've seen a couple of pictures of Marples metallic planes with black frogs, so I assume it is authentic (no signs of red underneath on mine). How is your's finished?

 

[Jason]

I've two Marples planes. Both with the black frogs. Very good they are too.

 

[lurcher]

mine 2 has a black frog and nice job there baldpate snap i will post some pics in nxt few days