N&W Colors

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My opinion is that Bill's statement on this issue is an excellent short 
explanation of the situation.

And now on to my comments:

1. If there are people (Rodney, Stephen, others) who which to work on this. 
please form a committee and do so.  

2. Color matching is incredibly difficult.  What sort of tolerance is 
acceptable?  I can tell about 0.3 delta E, but one of the industrial designers 
I work with can differentiate much tighter than 0.1 delta E.  Today, typically 
paint matching systems are not accurate to better than 0.2 delta E.

3. Lighting.  Do you want your model to look realist under fluroescent lighting 
or incandescent?  What temperature is the lighting?  Or do you want it to match 
under sunlight, and you don't care what it looks like on the layout?

4. Having paint made.  Who is going to pay for this?  And how much should be 
made.  I would vote against the Society spending funds on securing a supply of 
paint.  If a committee is formed, and the committee solicites funds from 
interested members and outside parties for the cost of the paint, I would find 
that acceptable.  But how many people are going to pay for paint BEFORE it is 
made?

5. One positive suggestion.  Compile as many paint suggestions/mixes as 
practical in a table, with commentary and put it on the Society's website.  
This would allow people to try other people's solutions.

Respectively
Nigel F Misso, PE



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