stevestrat Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Yep, I'm at it again! Still waiting to hear from the RAF museum about the colour of the oil drum, in the meantime, fire extinguishers, I mean the wall mounted ones found in buildings. I've seen pics of early 1940's ones (1940 & 1942) that are red but I recall reading somewhere that they were a copper colour? Can anyone clear that up?The figues, well some of them, are done. I still have some that will be mechanics working on the Typhoon but I'm not touching them 'til the Typhoon itself is finished so that they can be done in suitable poses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I've seen brass ones on tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestrat Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Can't see it in this photo but the year 1942 is at the bottom of the label./media/tinymce_upload/380c06b97110e1063aa43e6b0474c930.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestrat Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Not going to make a habit of posting pics here! Posted one of a red 1942 RAF extinguisher about 7pm last night and it still hasn't appeared. ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braille Dave Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Red and brass for water- Can't remember when the colours for different types of extinguishers came in- nor can my old dad who was a fireman for 30+yrs (and still complains about the EU changing them all back to one colour). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I remember black CO2 extinguishers and cream foam ones as well as red water ones in my secondary school, so coloured extinguishers existed by 1974 to '79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Blue for dry powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Mediocre Modeller Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Green for BCF Halon, which is now illegal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braille Dave Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 There we are, bit of jointery and we get the answersRed: waterCream: Foam (to be more precise: AFFF- Aqueous Film-Forming Foam) replaced 'Saponine' foam, which had an awful tendancy to 'break down' under certain conditionsBlue: Dry PowderBlack: CO2Green: BCF Halon (as I understand it illegal for hand-held, but still legal for enclosure systems, although this was a few years ago). According to my dad, there was nothing better for car fires, particularly for unleaded fuel, which is difficult to put out by normal foam. Now if, as I understand it, dry powder was for electrical, AFFF for flammable liquids... Why did RAF refuellers carry cream extinguishers and army ones blue? (I've got a good idea, but I won't start an inter-service spat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 "Why did RAF refuellers carry cream extinguishers and army ones blue?"At a wild guess, because both colours contrast with the base paint schemes of the vehicles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 What's on the back of this crash tender? https://www.flickr.com/photos/131779071@N06/16654134083/in/photolist-rnEMQP-4mpcU7-e2qqLz-9tFJqj-DsohWo-DRC6vX-axcS6s-a3QtkF-a5qrN2-6XCWeX-ECASS7-a3eYYF-53gosb-6XGWX1-a3iasG-a3fipa-gMprNU-a3fiqz-a3GSNM-BJganw-DS4EfD-a3KJgQ-a3GSLi-DS4Ec2-bEE7Wc-a3hQRS-Gt5yVa-dRpeKn-Du3xLd-a3Tjgq-9nji5g-yPvzH6-8MAPg2-9dog4z-AMmvZ7-wbXHZC-EQJDb8-uHF6sZ-uPoqEW-vDXCtE-vEw8ZT-dG66j7-dFZF2g-nK8B6U-byrVw2-999THZ-wnBMdW-a3hQSy-9ToaFM-9ToaBk Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On the rear wing? I think that's an extinguisher.O/Tish, but it's good to see that the asbestos fire suit actually looks like the ones in the Airfix "emergency set" will if painted "dirty white". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braille Dave Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 @ Kenneth O'neill 🤔 You obviously didn't read the thread did you.the colour of the extinguisher was determined by the contents and type - not the colour of the vehicle.to repeat-cream (AFFF)- for flammable liquidsBlue (Dry Powder)- electrical So what was the army thinking behind putting a extinguisher for electrical fires on a wagon full of flammable liquids? Interestingly, all the RN & RAF Bedfords refuellers I've seen, had AFFF extinguishers. (At least until the stupid, dangerous EU directive requiring all extinguishers to be red) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 @"Braille Dave", tell me where my 11:44:07 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 mentions extinguisher type! Oh and I've had training in use of portable fire extinguishers by Highlands and Islands Airports fire service, who said that you could use dry powder on contained liquids fires if foam extinguishants were not available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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