Re-paint ideas?

[rubblequeen]

This is our first boat and needs a paint job. Where can we find patterns/pictures of narrow boats to get ideas?

 

Do the patterns at the bows and stern mean anything or are they just made up? Please don't yell if this is a stupid question

 

Thanks

Tony

[Québec]

Just do a Google image search:

 

'narrowboat' will give you lots of pictures of narrowboats

 

'narrowboat signwriting' will give you lots of images of names and designs

 

'narrowboat painting' will give you ideas for doors, bows etc.

 

Click away!!

[andywatson]

Just do a Google image search:

 

'narrowboat' will give you lots of pictures of narrowboats

 

'narrowboat signwriting' will give you lots of images of names and designs

 

'narrowboat painting' will give you ideas for doors, bows etc.

 

Click away!!

 

For something based on historic boat colours have a look through Colours of the Cut.

ISBN 1-84306-072-8.

This is generally regarded as the oracle.

Edited January 9, 2010 by andywatson

[Athy]

Beat me to it, Andy! Written and painted by a Mr. Paget-Tomlinson I think. We found our boat's colour scheme on page 111!

[Roger t' Bodger]

Beat me to it, Andy! Written and painted by a Mr. Paget-Tomlinson I think. We found our boat's colour scheme on page 111!

 

Sound advice - Maybe it's just me but modern styles of painting look naff when out on the cut - but probablynot so much in a marina

 

These colour schemes of old served several different serious purposes - as a way of being commercially distinctive, adding cheerful colour in a winter landscape, keeping up with the 'Jones' conformity and as a way of marking out the layout of the working boat to the boat users and other waterway users. When you are operating working boat(s) you subconscienously know where you are from the colour, texture and patterns about you as you work through locks and singling out and all the other intensive activities in getting the boats ahead in a labour saving and thus sustainable manner.

[steelaway]

This is our first boat and needs a paint job. Where can we find patterns/pictures of narrow boats to get ideas?

 

Do the patterns at the bows and stern mean anything or are they just made up? Please don't yell if this is a stupid question

 

Thanks

Tony

 

 

Hi

 

Have a look at Google 'images' - 'narrowboats' there's loads to choose from.

The white stripe on the stern is traditional as a tunnel stripe - so you can see a stern in tunnels.

I have rear deck lights.

It you want some thing totaly untraditional see my gallery.

 

Alex

[rubblequeen]

Some great ideas here thanks guys Oh and strangely enough I was just showing pics of your boat o my wife on another thread I found.

 

Also v interesting about what the various markings mean. Got a lot to learn

 

Oh and about to order the Colours of the Cut from Amazon - thanks

 

Tony

Edited January 9, 2010 by rubblequeen

[wrigglefingers]

Some great ideas here thanks guys Oh and strangely enough I was just showing pics of your boat o my wife on another thread I found.

 

Also v interesting about what the various markings mean. Got a lot to learn

 

Oh and about to order the Colours of the Cut from Amazon - thanks

 

Tony

 

 

You'll find it's out of print. But ... thanks to a tip off here I got mine from Stoke Bruerne Museum so give them ring in the morning - they're really helpful.

[the grinch]

from stem to stern is also a good book to look at

[Kez]

that magazine 'narrowboat' comes up with a lot of pictures

[fuzzyduck]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

[Québec]

quote name='Roger t' Bodger' date='Jan 9 2010, 06:12 PM' post='471249']

Maybe it's just me but modern styles of painting look naff when out on the cut

 

Off topic really, and just a bit of fun, but above got me wondering whether anything other than a traditional style of painting might work, especially if one took 'painting' to be as in 'Art'.

 

This is my NB Homage to Art

 

Edited January 10, 2010 by quebec

[journeyperson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

 

I was leaning towards Jackson Pollock but now I'm having second thoughts.

 

Off topic really, and just a bit of fun, but above got me wondering whether anything other than a traditional style of painting might work, especially if one took 'painting' to be as in 'Art'.

 

This is my NB Homage to Art

 

 

How about one cut in half showing the innards and suspended in ice?

[andywatson]

from stem to stern is also a good book to look at

 

I agree. ISBN is 0 905366 27 1. by John M Hill.

This one is better for the details, both external and internal.

Signwriting, scumbling etc are described in detail and paint colours specifed although it's in monochrome.

However not so good for overall variety of colour schemes.

[heyjude999]

I tried ordering from both Amazon and Play and did not get the book from either after waiting 8 weeks for each order.

If someone on here has one buy it from them.

Someone wanted £100 plus when I was seqarching for this, how mad is that.

Cheers