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Title: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: Poiter50 on September 19, 2020, 03:58:45 AM
Sarissa make a Gaslamp Alley Victorian Public Convenience otherwise known as a French Pissoir. Does anyone have suggestions for a paint scheme? The Sarissa painting guides are fairly generic and it is some years since I saw one in the street.
Title: Re: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: carlos marighela on September 19, 2020, 06:26:59 AM
The old cast iron ones in Melbourne both past and the few surviving examples were a uniform Brunswick green, like much of the MCC street furniture and fittings.
Title: Re: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: AndrewBeasley on September 19, 2020, 08:10:26 PM
The few I have seen are boring black though the railings around the public loos have been a dark blue.


A quick search on DuckDuck shows new 'cut-down' versions bright red but the I think my favourite (if it's OK to have such a thing) is the faded blue/green here (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Pissoir_in_Neumünster%2C_Bahnhofsstraße_2.jpg/1200px-Pissoir_in_Neumünster%2C_Bahnhofsstraße_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: Poiter50 on September 20, 2020, 01:55:23 AM
That almost looks like urinal style corrosion on the broad strip around the base.

Quote from: AndrewBeasley on September 19, 2020, 08:10:26 PM
The few I have seen are boring black though the railings around the public loos have been a dark blue.


A quick search on DuckDuck shows new 'cut-down' versions bright red but the I think my favourite (if it's OK to have such a thing) is the faded blue/green here (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Pissoir_in_Neumünster%2C_Bahnhofsstraße_2.jpg/1200px-Pissoir_in_Neumünster%2C_Bahnhofsstraße_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: nozza_uk on September 22, 2020, 11:49:56 AM
Quote from: Poiter50 on September 19, 2020, 03:58:45 AM
Sarissa make a Gaslamp Alley Victorian Public Convenience otherwise known as a French Pissoir. Does anyone have suggestions for a paint scheme? The Sarissa painting guides are fairly generic and it is some years since I saw one in the street.

I painted mine based on this real life German example - Café Achteck.

(https://withberlinlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Caf%C3%A9-Achteck-Berlin-Chamissoplatz.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYcQ04EXsAAGXNI?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: Poiter50 on September 22, 2020, 02:56:28 PM
That almost fits to a T, or should that be P?  ;)

Quote from: nozza_uk on September 22, 2020, 11:49:56 AM
I painted mine based on this real life German example - Café Achteck.

(https://withberlinlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Caf%C3%A9-Achteck-Berlin-Chamissoplatz.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYcQ04EXsAAGXNI?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Sarissa Public Convenience paint scheme
Post by: Chairface on September 24, 2020, 05:55:37 PM
I painted mine green as well. Its a characterful piece of terrain