Economy paint
Under a saving paint is understood a painting of (often) a vehicle in which it is after z. B. a new or repainting carries a simpler variant of the previous painting. Often times, simpler colors are used for an economy finish, which should still appear like the previous or intended finish.
The term is mainly used by railroad fans and model railroaders for a simplified color scheme introduced in the 1980s for diesel locomotives of the series 118 and 119 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . Originally, a decorative strip was only attached to the front sides. The reason for the economy painting was probably a simpler work process for the repainting, since masking for the decorative strip and a second spraying step were largely eliminated. Other railway companies, e.g. B. the ÖBB , use economy finishes.
Simplified paintwork was also used on other means of transport. The Inter flight was on aircraft of type Tu-134 , which it receives Transport Squadron 44 took over and carried the military emblems, only this overmold and replace it with the Interflug logo. Otherwise, the vertical stabilizer remained white and was only given the normal red-white-red paintwork during the next scheduled repair. Also, An-26 of the TG 44, who received a interflight identifier for missions abroad were only sprayed completely light gray and received the lettering interflight and Interflug logo, but not the usual for the other commercial aircraft of Interflug at that time painting.
photos
Original (class V 180 diesel locomotive) with a continuous stripe on the underside and an ivory-colored roof and stripes
Locomotive of the series as shown on the right in economy paint scheme: lower stripe not drawn through, ivory-colored roof and stripes have been replaced by white
Individual evidence
- ↑ Examples of economy paint schemes at www.thueringer-eisenbahnverein.de, accessed on June 19, 2014
- ↑ Model railway locomotive BR 118 in economy paint from the Tillg company, accessed on June 19, 2014
- ↑ Example of an ÖBB train coach in economy paintwork at www.miniaturbahn.at, accessed on June 19, 2014
- ^ Detlef Billig / Manfred Meyer: Flugzeug der DDR, Volume II, Friedland 2002, ISBN 3-613-02241-9 , p. 135
- ^ Detlef Billig / Manfred Meyer: Aircraft of the GDR, Volume III, Friedland 2003, ISBN 3-613-02285-0 , p. 113ff.