Hi Robert
Thanks for coming back on this one. To my current thinking we are looking at two distinct eras that of the Wapitis and then the later Demons. It could be that the Dark purple top deck and Stone cheatline on the Wapiti (for whatever reasons they were chosen) the Purple is not related to later colours. However, the use of Mauve for the Lion rampant badge is I feel, significant as this colour has local area connections and I posit was submitted to the Heralds office (along with Stone (Gold)) for use by the Sqn and coincidental with the arrival of Demons. I feel that Maurice’s choice of colour was based on what he saw but his colour name (Dark Mauve) is in error. I attach the following for interest.
Regards
John
Hello Robert
Thank you for your PM. Have you been able to read the posts on Britmodeller site? This is the photo of one of the models the discussion has been about, built some 25 years ago by a keen eyewitness modeller and with a set of notes on the reverse.
I have since found another reference (to 607’s Demons) which also suggests that the Lion Rampant badge was indeed light Mauve. We now think that the top decking was gloss dark Purple rather than Mauve as annotated on the model picture. Don’t let the serial bother you, the modeller realised he’d made a mistake when making up the decals.
Regards
John
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