lasermonkey Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) As previously hinted at in the Compucolor/DBI thread, here's my list of the Gloy standard and authentic ranges. I'm not sure if they're complete. I suspect that the railway range isn't, judging by the gaps in the numbers, but I think that the standard and aircraft ranges are. If that's the case, I'm surprised that there weren't any post-war colours. Maybe you know something I don't! My first Gloy Authentics were bought from Ren Models in Cambridge. This would have been in the early eighties, from their Mill Road shop. I think they may have been in Burleigh Street before that, but I would have been quite young (i.e. pre-teen) and maybe only went there once or twice. Anyway, I remember that they had a large, white, wire mesh basket near the entrance that was full of heavily-discounted Gloy paints and I bought as many as I could afford. I suspect that this was the stock being offloaded once the paints had been discontinued. I'm not sure why they stopped making them, but it seems that they were made for Gloy by Henkel, so maybe it was something to do with the latter. Over they following years I managed to acquire quite a few more, to the point where I have over 400 of them! I got lucky a few years ago when somebody nearby was selling a whole load of paints, mostly Gloy, and I got 298 tins and bottles for £16! Some colours have remained elusive, whilst others I have multiples of. If anyone else has some missing colours maybe we could do swapsies? Just a thought.... I thought it quite interesting that Compucolor used at least some of the Gloy standard range colours. I wonder if there was some kind of connection between the two. This is the sort of thing that keeps me awake at night! This is what I have so far. Again, if anyone can fill in the blanks, it would be much appreciated. I think it would be useful to have a reference for those who are interested in these long-gone paints. Standard range ST/G/1 Ivory ST/G/2 Pale Grey ST/G/3 Grey ST/G/4 Dark Grey ST/G/5 Bright Poppy Red ST/G/6 Scarlet ST/G/7 Crimson ST/G/8 Maroon ST/G/9 Orange ST/G/10 Yellow ST/G/11 Mustard ST/G/12 Biscuit ST/G/13 Stone ST/G/14 Buff ST/G/15 Purple ST/G/16 Cerise ST/G/17 Lime Green ST/G/18 Foliage Green ST/G/19 Dark Green ST/G/20 Tan ST/G/21 Service Brown ST/G/22 Light Blue ST/G/23 Mid Blue ST/G/24 French Blue ST/G/25 Dark Blue ST/G/26 Silver ST/G/27 Gun Metal ST/G/28 Gold ST/G/29 Brass ST/G/30 Copper ST/G/31 Bronze ST/G/32 Metallic Green ST/G/33 Metallic Red ST/G/34 Metallic Blue ST/G/35 Gloss Polyurethane ST/G/36 Matt Polyurethane ST/G/37 Gloss Black ST/G/38 Gloss White ST/M/39 Matt Black ST/M/40 Matt White ST/M/41 Light Grey ST/M/42 Slate ST/M/43 Field Grey ST/M/44 Dark Grey ST/M/45 Olive Drab ST/M/46 Scarlet ST/M/47 Apricot ST/M/48 Sand ST/M/49 Brick Red ST/M/50 Khaki ST/M/51 Ochre ST/M/52 Dark Green ST/M/53 Blue Green ST/M/54 Grass Green ST/M/55 Blue Grey ST/M/56 Cerulean Blue ST/M/57 Dark Blue Grey ST/M/58 Cobalt Blue ST/M/59 Midnight Blue ST/M/60 Ultramarine ST/M/61 Aluminium ST/M/62 Dark Earth ST/M/63 Matt Yellow Military Aircraft range A301 RAF Dark Green A302 RAF Dark Earth A303 RAF Sky A304 RAF Medium Sea Grey A305 RAF Dark Slate Grey A306 RAF Extra Dark Sea Grey A307 RAF Sky Grey A308 RAF Yellow A309 Photographic PRU Blue A310 Ocean Grey A311 RAF Azure Blue A312 RAF Middle Stone A313 RAF Ident Red (dull) A314 RAF Ident Blue (dull) A315 RAF Ident Red (bright) A316 RAF Ident Blue (bright) A317 RAF Grey Green (internal) A318 RAF NIVO A319 USAF Dark Olive Drab No. 41 A320 USAF Olive Drab ANA613 A321 USAF Medium Green ANA612 A322 USAF Neutral Gray No. 43 A323 USAF Light Gray A324 USAF Chromate Yellow (internal) A325 USN Light Gray (pre-war) ANA620 A326 USN Blue Gray ANA603 A327 USN Intermediate Blue ANA608 A328 USN Non Specular Sea Blue ANA607 A329 USN Semi Gloss Sea Blue ANA606 A330 USN Glossy Sea Blue ANA623 A331 USN Light Gull Gray ANA620 A332 USN Dark Gull Gray ANA621 A333 USAF Sand ANA616 A334 USAF Desert Drab ANA628 A335 USAF Azure Blue ANA609 A336 USAF Interior Green ANA611 A337 USAF Insignia Yellow ANA614 A338 USAF Insignia Red ANA619 A339 USAF Insignia Blue ANA605 A340 Luftwaffe RLM 70 Schwartzgrun A341 Luftwaffe RLM 71 Dunkelgrun A342 Luftwaffe RLM 65 Hellblau A343 Luftwaffe RLM 02 Grau A344 Luftwaffe RLM 72 Grun A345 Luftwaffe RLM 73 Grun A346 Luftwaffe RLM 74 Dunkelgrau A347 Luftwaffe RLM 75 Mittelgrau A348 Luftwaffe RLM 76 Hellgrau A349 Luftwaffe RLM 79a Sandbraun A350 Luftwaffe RLM 79 Sandgelb A351 Luftwaffe RLM 78 Himmelblau A352 Luftwaffe RLM 80 Olivgrun A353 Luftwaffe RLM 28 Weinrot A354 Luftwaffe RLM 04 Gelb A355 Luftwaffe RLM 62 Grun A356 Luftwaffe RLM 61 Dunkelbraun A357 Luftwaffe RLM 63 Hellgrau A358 Luftwaffe RLM 23 Rot A359 Luftwaffe RLM 25 Hellgrun A360 Luftwaffe RLM 24 Dunkelblau A361 Airframe White A362 Airframe Black A363 Duralumin Railway range R201 GWR Loco Green R202 GWR Coach Stock Cream R203 GWR Coach Stock Windsor Brown R204 GWR Freight Stock Grey R205 GWR Loco Indian Red R206 GWR Roof White R207 LMS Crimson Lake R208 LMS Maroon R209 LMS Freight Stock Grey R210 LMS Freight Stock Dark Grey R211 LMS Freight Stock Bauxite R212 LMS Loco Black R213 LNER Darlington Loco Green R214 LNER Doncaster Loco Green R215 LNER Coach Teak R216 LNER Freight Stock Grey R217 LNER Loco Garter Blue R218 LNER Freight Red Oxide R219 SR Dark Olive Green R220 SR Light Olive Green R221 SR Loco Malachite Gteen R222 SR Freight Stock Brown R223 SR Freight Stock Stone R224 SR Brake Van End Red R225 LNWR Chocolate Lake R226 LNWR Coach White R227 CR Deep Lake R228 CR Coach White R229 LNWR Loco Black R230 CR Loco Blue R231 BR Coach Cream R232 BR Coach Crimson 1950-57 R233 BRMU Stock Cream R234 BR Coach Crimson post 1957 R235 BR Rail Grey R236 BR Rail Blue R237 GER Loco Blue R238 Smoke Box Black R239 Buffer Beam Vermilion R240 Roof Grey R241 SECR Brunswick Green R242 Brilliant Lake R243 Signal Red R244 Signal Yellow R245 Black R246 White R247 Lining Orange R248 Lining Yellow R249 Copper R250 Brass R251 Polished Steel R252 Oily Steel R253 Unpainted Steel R254 Aluminium Alloy R255 Earth Road Red R256 Rail Colour R257 Sleeper Brown R258 Underframe Dirt R259 BR Frame Red-Brown R260 BR Rail Red R261 Lining Gold R262 Pullman Cream R263 Pullman Umber R264 Grey Etch Primer Cheers, Mark. Edited May 13, 2020 by lasermonkey updated railway colours 13/05/20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Thanks for the above, Mark. Standard colours up to 61 and all aircraft colours tally with an advert for Gloy paints by H.J. Walker (Hackney) Ltd in SAM Vol3 no 11. I've listed all the above colours on Scalemates here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPuente54 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 @lasermonkey, here is what little I know of the Gloy/Compucolor story. I remember reading of the travails of these range of paints in the early '90s; just not the venue where I saw it. So, I may have some things incorrect. I remember seeing ads for the Gloy range when I started a subscription to the late Alan W. Hall's fine magazine, Scale Aircraft Modelling(I have Vol.1, No. 1 to sometime in the early 2000s). They almost always had a back cover ad keyed to whatever the issue's profile aircraft was: Spitfire, Me109, Phantom 2s in RAF/USAF/USN etc., Ju-88, etc.. The ad would show several profiles of the plane, and then the paints(and their code) to reproduce the scheme. Sometime in the early 80's, they stopped advertising in SAM; sometime a bit later I saw ads for the Compucolor line. I never saw the Gloy range here is the USA; they may or may not have been imported here; I don't know. I did encounter the Compucolor line here when I found a good selection of their paints at a hobby shop in Colorado Springs, Colorado; when I was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. The shop had both the tins and jars of the Compucolor paints. Then in the late 80's, I vaguely remember reading about Compucolor going out of business. The article IIRC, mentioned that many of the people who had worked at Gloy went on to found/work at Compucolor/DBI. When Compucolor/DBI went under; Hannants made the decision to form the Xtracolor line. Don't know if they employed any of the Compucolor people. Perhaps someone else can fill in the gaps here. HTH Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 @lasermonkey I picked up my small stash of Gloy paints in very similar circumstances to yourself. I must have been about 12 at the time, and my favourite little model shop had a box full of Gloy paints that were reduced for clearance. So, naturally I bought as many as I could afford. I've always liked the smell of Gloy paints...takes me right back to 1982 when I first bought them. I know some people don't care for them too much, but I've always got on with these paints quite well. Seem ok to me and I still use them. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I've got a small stash of Gloy paints wich, to my surprise, still work properly. I mainly use them for brush painting, and must admit they're quite nice, leaving no brush marks... Fond memories..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Mark, I have R201 GWR Loco Green and R205 GWR Loco Indian Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 2 hours ago, TeeELL said: I have R201 GWR Loco Green @lasermonkey Mark, if @TeeELL has R201 GWR Loco Green, is R201 L.M.S. Crimson Lake in your list a typo? The rail company paints appear to be grouped together, so R201 GWR Loco Green would fit with R203 G.W.R. Coach Stock Windsor Brown and R205 GWR Loco Indian Red. Should R201 L.M.S. Crimson Lake actually be R210 L.M.S. Crimson Lake? This would then be closer to R212 L.M.S. Loco Black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I shall be using the Loco Green on an Airfix ‘City of Truro’ (my grandfather drove CoT during the period 1957-1961 on ‘specials’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 @Dave Swindell most of the railway colours in my list were taken from a list I found online. I only have a few of the railway colours, but I'll have a look to see which ones I can confirm. I do remember that the railway colour list I found online was incomplete. Cheers, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Zombie necro-bump! I stumbled across an eBay listing for some Gloy paint brochures which just happened to have a photo which showed the entire railway range- I shall update the list in the first post accordingly. Cheers, Mark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Further zombie thread bump. I've been using Gloy paints a lot recently, and in fact, they've become my go to when I'm brush painting as they brush beautifully. Does anyone know anything about the make up of these paints? First off, they smell different from any other enamels I've used (a lush smell I remember fondly from my early 80s modelling days). Secondly, I haven't had one tin dry out. I can pop an old or new Humbrol or Revell paint, and despite being careful, they can be prone to drying out. Gloys just don't do that. Every "new" 40 odd year old tin I open is perfectly fine and after constant use for a few years now, not one tin has dried up. I really do rate these paints! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 I’ve never had a tin dry up either. And yes, I know exactly what you mean about the smell! Pure nostalgia. One thing I have found is that they can take a very long time to dry, so it’s well worth investing in a bottle of Rustins Driers. Another is that it’s possible that some of the gloss colours don’t work well with white spirits. I was looking for a suitable maroon colour to use on my Trumpeter Wyvern and settled on the Gloy colour. Neither white spirits or naphtha-based thinners did what was expected, leaving just Mr Levelling Thinner, which isn’t really suitable for brush painting. Something to watch out for, maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Yes! I have found the drying times slow too, but I've just accepted that in favour of a really good finish. I will give the Rustins Driers a try though. Likewise, I have also found the gloss colours trickier to work with than the matt colours (and I haven't found a completely matt Gloy paint yet, just a very nice slight sheen) I did use the USN Gloss Sea Blue recently and thinned it with old stock Humbrol thinners with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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