Ed, I didn’t mention that I use “Daylight” fluorescent tubes for the general room lighting, with the CFL’s placed closer to the models for emphasis.
To raise you <g>, I too took in dirt, 3 kinds, and limestone from the quarries to get computer matched paint colors. Roger From: Ed Kozlowsky Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Sky Blue Paint (was Saturday morning fun) Roger, I've always used 5000K flourecents, but I've also been plagued with start-up issues in cold weather. Lately I've begun changing to daylight CFLs. It takes them a few minutes to come up to full brightness, but I don't have to walk around tweeking the bulbs to get them to start. On balance it's a big improvement, and the color balance is just as good. By the way, I've done the same thing with the sky color, but I also brought in a bag of dirt to match. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org From: Roger Nulton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 3:01 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Sky Blue Paint (was Saturday morning fun) [1 Attachment] Years ago, I took a couple of photos that included plenty of sky above my prototype RR in them to the paint store, and had the color matched. The flat latex interior paint I got looked good, so I have been using that same color ever since, blending in white as Dave suggests. The lighting choice will affect the color, especially in photos. I have settled on “Bright White” CFL’s, as they look best to me. Roger Nulton In practice I don't think the base color matters too much as one usually adds white down at the bottom and if need be adds some blue up on top? I just start with some kind of "sky" blue in the middle then go from there......DaveBranum
