Todd,
I believe that particular shade was Krylon’s Satin Forest Green. Be careful as to brands as all forest greens aren’t the same shade.
Correction: It was hunter green.
Krylon’s Camouflage Olive (olive drab) makes a fairly credible pullman green btw although maybe just a tad too light. It’s a flat color but you should be able to over spray it with a clear gloss…be sure and test for compatibility between the paint and the gloss before applying it to the cars though.
Todd
Find a Sherwin Williams store and look at the “Historic Pallets” check into the history on them. Rookwood,Renwick…etc. I did years ago but not for RR cars however paint and the history makes sense to me a lot of times.
The history of paint is kinda neat and Sherwin Williams is pretty much the only paint manufacturer still left from “back in the day”
I said “manufacturer”
That is neat about Sherwin Williams and is good to know for future building painting.
If I do decide to paint these and not swap or sell for green ones I will need a spray paint.
I will have to check out that Hunter Green. Thanks Richard.
Todd
Found a spray paint today that might work for the passenger cars. It is by rustoleum, is plastic compatible and is called Hunt Club Green. I checked out the Hunter Green and this one is a bit darker, it also comes in Satin which is a perfect finish.
I tried it on the bottom of an old flat car and it looks really good. Next is the big step to taking a pass. car apart and going for it. I’m still considering buying green cars and selling my blue if I could find a set at a decent price.
I’ll Keep yall posted.
Todd please do. I have an odd assortment of mismatched cars that could use a new paint job.
The baggage car got a coat of Hunt club green today and the roof black. It looks really sharp. If I can get it back together tomorrow I will get a photo posted.
I look forward to it.
Todd Haskins said:
Found a spray paint today that might work for the passenger cars. It is by rustoleum, is plastic compatible and is called Hunt Club Green. I checked out the Hunter Green and this one is a bit darker, it also comes in Satin which is a perfect finish.
I tried it on the bottom of an old flat car and it looks really good. Next is the big step to taking a pass. car apart and going for it. I’m still considering buying green cars and selling my blue if I could find a set at a decent price.
I’ll Keep yall posted.
Darker sounds good. I have used Rustoleum. My only complaint is that it dries slower than Krylon and isn’t as forgiving in damp weather in applying. Good otherwise though and I noted that some prototype railroads, SP for one, specified it for signage.
I’m interested in seeing the shade of green you get with Hunt Club Green.
I used to model o gauge indoors and when I went to outdoor large scale I found that lighter colors of any shade looked good inside but when you took same color outside it looked washed out because it is soooo much brighter in the sunshine. Now when I choose colors I almost always use the darkest version of the colors that are available. Using rattle cans does limit available choices. I also weather cars using darker color washes to tone down too bright colors.
I have observed passenger cars glossy Pullman green when newly painted and they faded to light olive drab before being repainted. Personally I prefer to see passenger trains all the same shade/color for the entire consist. That probably stems from my Lionel upbringing!!!
The green you picked will work very nicely ,it is a nice shade for pass. cars
With a much anticipated delay the freshly painted baggage car emerged from the shops.
The shade is Hunt Club Green from Rustoleum.
I like the colour but I dont’ love it.
It is a process to take a car apart, spray it then put it back together so I’m not excited to do the remaining 3 cars plus the custom open car.
I still need to paint the trucks black and maybe those gold hand rails too.
Thoughts ?
I think the color looks great, are you painting the hand rails black?
I think a clear Satin finish would help…might make it a bit darker, too…
Todd
I agree with Vincent I love the base color! You need to pick out the details to make the base color “pop” but this is just my opinion as I’m no expert and still learning myself. Think the same on a car as you would a house body,trim,sash 3 colors or more.
Yep, the color is just fine. But you need to do a few things. First, find some green “glass”. The red doesn’t do it justice. Get some gold lettering. Paint the handrails black.
I have a Bachmann passenger car that is green with a reddish roof (almost a dark pink). I think it looks real sharp, and I want to paint up some other cars like that. Maybe with a pale red roof, painted handrails (either black like wrought iron or brass) and some fancy lettering, you could really make that car shine. And a bit of a shine to the car would help it stand out a bit more. The flat colour just doesn’t pop. Like Ken said, a satin finish, I don’t think I would go for a gloss.
The trucks have been swapped for black ones. I think I will paint the hand rails black. I can’t do much about the red glass on top all the cars have red.
The paint is actually satin and I put a satin clear over the green. Maybe it is just the angle that makes it look flat?
Gold lettering would look really nice on there.
I started the combine tonight and the paint is now drying.
It could use some accent colour but where and what colour? Yellow?
Thanks
Or paint the trim board a darker green or black. That’ll make the gold letters stand out.
Many, many years ago, I had the red glass in my Bachmann cars. Somewhere, I got some green ones, but I can’t remember where I got them.
You might think about just using some clear acrylic - make it look more like Ken’s.
Todd,
I used ceiling light diffuser sheets and stained glass paint to make green “glass”. 
(http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/dtetreault/galleryglass_zpsb8665e4a.jpg)
I think it looks much better than the red.
Dennis
That looks great Dennis. I wonder how it would look if one used the stained glass paint on the red windows?
