Paint Madness

[NW Modeling List]

What would a Paint Committee need? Color calibrators for eyes, and 
skin thicker than rhino hide. Steve, you are asking "who accredits 
the committee, and on what basis?" I suspect there is nobody here 
foolish enough to step into those crosshairs.

Seriously, I suggest that the best outcome would be to identify a 
RANGE of appropriate shades or mixes for each of the N&W's nominal 
"standard colors".  Something to the effect of "For N&W Passenger 
Red, Scalecoat #XXX is at the light end, Testors #YYY is in the 
middle, MudGoo #ZZZ is at the dark end. Choose as you wish. Your 
Mileage May Vary."

Gaining a consensus more precise than that is probably impossible. 
This approach also provides some guidance to the individual modeler 
who wants to have some variation in their fleet in order to 
reasonably represent the inarguable fact of real-world weathering.

Of course, I'm just a VGN guy, what do I know? Black hoppers, yellow 
stripes on Train Masters, red cabooses, and the occasional brown 
boxcar. Ah, it's modeling bliss. :)

Blessed in my Ignorance
- Marty Swartz