Early PS Talisman colours

[Walter Snowdon]

Hi folks. I have a black and white photograph of PS Talisman in its earliest colour scheme with black bulwarks and what appears to be two-colour paneling on the sponson boxes fore and aft of the wheel. These appear to have white framing and a darker colour on the paneling. Does anyone know what the panel colour was and was the framing a decorative framing or just painted on.  can anyone put me on to a good photograph of her bridge pre 1939 . it appears open with a large framed "glass house" over either bridge wing. The reason?. I am resurecting a model I stated some years ago and I want to build it as the pre-war layout. (I think every model I have seen of talisman is post war layout with the bridge forward on the salloon) . Regards, walter.

[Mercury]

Hi Walter. The white is actually a creamy color called biscuit - if you look at Waverley today you can see it's definitely off white. The paneling is then done in brown. It's painted on - there is no fixed framing.

Have you a copy of Alan Brown's book "Talisman - The Solitary Crusader" This shows the multitude of different color schemes she carried before 1939.

[Walter Snowdon]

Thanks Mercury. I have that booklet but unfortunately its out on loan and due to the "lockdown I cant get it back! That scheme and the aft bridge certainly makes a change from the post war refit. Regards, walter.

[djcf]

Hi Walter,
Interesting that you are doing Talisman pre war condition, at the moment I am preparing/altering/resizing some drawings of Talisman for a model, waterline 1/76.

A bit of artistic license as she is going to have a flying bridge that she never sailed with in passenger service (fitted 1940) possibly a wheelhouse, shade deck left as built, lifeboats placed as built, maybe solid bulwarks forward retained, forward mast on deckhouse...I will see how she looks as the drawings progress, things may change! I'm second guessing how she may have looked if WW2 didn't happen.