1. Re: N&W Pass Red. (NW Modeling List)

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Alan:

The issue with the Rapido cars is not neccessary the red, but the whole car is painted the wrong era.

The cars numbers are PM coaches and are post 1949. The cars were rebuilt - 1720-1722 in 1947 in Roanoke to tavern/lounge cars. In 1946 the rest of the PM class rebuilt and numbers were changed to each end of the car in 1949 for the 2nd Arrow which the Powhattan Arrow was added to the middle of the car. The model is without skirts which makes this model lettering and colors wrong.

Hope this helps,
Stephen Rineair
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Subject: Re: 1. Re: N&W Pass Red. (NW Modeling List)


As I stated several weeks ago and mentioned by someone else since then, there were numerous color cards at a Convention years ago and no 2 people could agree as to what the correct color was. It is my understanding that these color cards were created when a new batch of paint was used to create something to send to the paint manufacturer when more paint was needed. To say that a color card should be used to duplicate the color might be useless because of the variety between cards. The color number has been published in previous articles of the Aarow and I know of a couple of people who went directly to one of the manufacturers and purchased the "correct" color using this number and they were not satisfied with the results.  Someone menioned that the Pennsylvania colors match from one manufacturer to another yet I can buy Pennsylvania Tuscan from Badger and Polly Scale and they will be different. This can also happen with the same manufacturer with slight variations between lots. The difference today is that there are color analizers that tend to keep some consistency in color that wasn't available even 10-15 years ago. So the Society gets into the paint business. How many will then complain that the color isn't right?  As someone said, collect ideas from the list, experiment and come up with a color that you as an individual like and go with it. If you have something you like and can put forth your formula for it let's hear about it. Alan Cox 


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