“This item is about 90 years old. Some normal wear and tear. See pictures for the condition that is.



Item specifics Condition: Seller Notes:
Used
“This item is about 90 years old. Some normal wear and tear. See pictures for the condition that is all in all very good.”
Make: Berryloid
Berryloid Vintage Aircraft Finishes Customer Design Kit. This rare kit consists of a box of about 48 x 23 x 6.5 cm in size, with on the lid the text "Aircraft Berryloid", "Modern Airplane Color Combinations" and "On the Wings of Progress", as well as the logo of the Berry Bros.
Inside the box are a number of colored sheets, about 45.5 x 20 cm in size, showing partial drawings of a monoplane and a biplane, type around 1920-1935, in different colors and indicating the names of the colors and the names of the airplane parts on which these colors are to be used. Also in the box is a partially transparent sheet of the same size, with the complete drawing of a monoplane. When putting the transparent sheet on top of a colored sheet, you get the impression of how the plane will look after having been painted with the different Berryloid color paints. There are 15 color sheets for a monoplane and 15 color sheets for a biplane in the box. The sheets are slightly curled. On the inside of the lid is a "Berryloid Aircraft Finishes" text, see picture, and on the inside bottom of the box is a sticker of W.J.White & Co, Detroit, Mich. The colors on the sheets carry the names:Nungesser Green, Fokker Red, French Gray, International Orange, Commandaire Green, Ryan Jade Green, Waco Maize, Bianchi Green, Cardigan Maroon, Boeing Maize, Galatea Orange, Ansaldo Green, Lusk Green, Alexander Blue, Rolls-Royce Blue, Diana Cream, Gendarme Blue, Loening Yellow, Travel Air Blue, Curtiss Blue, Vesta Yellow, Mercedes Drab, Peugeot Brown, Stearman Vermilion, Circe Red, Renault Red, Buhl Drab, Bolero Cream, Berry Pigskin, Berry Red, Stinson Green, Hampshire Green, Fairchild Purple, Gold Ink, Lindbergh Gray, Hydro Blue, Lancia Blue, and Gold, Red, Silver, Blue, Black The pictures give an impression of this box and the sheets.
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Current date: 2015-10-16