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Thinking about railroad colors

General Discussion
#21

The Pacific Narrow Gauge website belongs to a buddy of mine - so I stole these to show you undecided guys. There was life (and color!) before boxcar red, basic black and Pullman Green. HW Johns Asbestos Roof paints -

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/color/hwjohns/Johns-Asbestos-Roof-Paint.jpg)

Columbia Wagon standard colors-

(http://autocolorlibrary.com/images/columbiachipsbig.jpg)

John Masury & Son Co 1877 Carbody Paint chart -

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/color/masury/Page2.jpg)

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/color/masury/Page3.jpg)

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/color/masury/Page4.jpg)

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/color/masury/Page5.jpg)

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/color/masury/Page6.jpg)

Planished or Russia Iron

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/russiairon/img/vtgenoasample2.jpg)

(http://www.pacificng.com/ref/russiairon/img/sp1010sample3.jpg)

More goodies here, look under the historical data icon: http://www.pacificng.com/

#22

Great color samples Mik. I notice English Vermillion mentioned.

Nice to know the Redcoats aren’t entirely forgotten. lol

#23

Them BLOODY English!

#24

All diesels are painted black and reefer orange. Steam locos are all black with tusken red cab roof. The diesel scheme came partly from SP units that had the orange then I decided on the black body. Later RJD

#25
Mik said:
The Pacific Narrow Gauge website belongs to a buddy of mine - so I stole these to show you undecided guys. There was life (and color!) before boxcar red, basic black and Pullman Green.
Many thanks Mik! :)
#26

Today I received a paint sample for the C&C boxcar color. The sample is the mix for the paint that the museum in Laws, Calif., just used for painting a C&C boxcar,

Now comes the challenge. Who mixes custom colors for painting garden railroad boxcars?

#27

I think Loews, Sears, Home Depot all do color matching.
Some of them will mix samples, so you don’t need to buy a gallon,
Ralph

#28

Or you can just take the sample and match it up to one of the hundreds of paint chips they have on display…

#29

But wouldn’t the house paint these places sell be too thick for painting garden type train cars?

#30

nope

#31
Doug Arnold said:
But wouldn't the house paint these places sell be too thick for painting garden type train cars?
Ya gotta look in the Model Railroad Car colors section...............;)
#32

Doug,

When I started this hobby I inherited, from a very young grandson who moved to the far East, a small bobber caboose. It was 32mm. gauge so I had to change to 45mm. and and had a red faded body color. (I also removed the monster that popped out of the cupola as well) lol

In order to mask the red color I painted it yellow using household oil based undercoat. One coat was sufficient and it has proven very durable.

#33

Ken, I just need to ask where their 1800s train colors are!

#34

Doug Arnold said:
Ken, I just need to ask where their 1800s train colors are!

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#35
Doug Arnold said:
But wouldn't the house paint these places sell be too thick for painting garden type train cars?
Works great, actually. I use it primarily on buildings, but I used it on a caboose recently, too. No problems. (The color was off, so I'm repainting it again.) You can airbrush it, too, but you'll need just a bit more pressure. I usually set my compressor to around 40psi when pushing household paint through.

Later,

K