Thanks Jim. Yes I know the cars (and locos) change color due to weathering, dirt, etc. plus the possibility that different shops had slightly different paint formulas. In 2004 I attended a big train meet in Kennesaw, Georgia. Tom Robinson and I had exhibits in the same room. A number of S gaugers came by to visit, some with their custom models. One guy had a beautifully decorated AM dome car representing one of the two Southern dome cars. He had done a wonderful job on it, except for one thing. I did not ask him why he had painted the car black instead of Pullman Green. It was such an obvious error though and I was really puzzled. Later on I learned that nearly all the old Southern cars in Pullman Green paint had faded over the years to the point that they looked black. And this modeler had apparently thought that black was the correct color. - Earl Henry, Nashville In a message dated 7/7/2012 11:45:13 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I have a friend who is a custom painter, doing mostly Canadian prototypes. He has managed to accumulate a number of original colour chips, but he still gets some flack from clients. When challenged on the correct colour for CPR maroon, he pulls out a colour photo of a classic CP passenger train. Not one of the eight cars matches any of the others. I suspect fading, usage and possible even slightly different paint shop formulas accounted for such variances...at least in the old days. I wonder if any rail geeks are telling NS their heritage colours are "off" I wonder Earl if the Scalecoat people themselves have the answers you're looking for. Jim Martin Jeffrey Madden <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 12:26:02 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Spray Painting in High Heat In reality though, even prototype paint faded in the sunlight, so the Floquil (lighter) paint might work out fine. Also, it will photograph better. Modeler's license!! Jeff Madden On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM, <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: I did some spray painting yesterday despite extremely high temperatures. It to up to 105 though it was a little cooler than that when I was doing the painting. The humidity was fairly low. I used Scalecoat II Pullman Green. Everything seemed to go OK. The color looked too black. When I painted several cars about 3 or 4 years ago the color looked off until it dried overnight, and then it looked perfect. This time the color did not change as it dried. So my newly painted car sides do not exactly match my old cars. Its not so far off that I cannot live with it. But I am wondering if my spraying in the heat would be the reason for the difference in the color? Or is it a problem of Scalecoat not being consistent in their mixing of colors? I had earlier tried Floquil Pullman Green and it was too light. I will revisit the possibility that it is closer than the Scalecoat. - Earl Henry, Nashville
