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Post by fr8kar on Dec 1, 2015 15:54:25 GMT -8
I have a couple Cotton Belt cabooses I need to paint. Both are extended vision cabooses, but I will be painting one in the mineral red and daylight orange scheme and the other in the caboose red scheme with mineral red/brown underframe. Is there a Model Master enamel equivalent for the mineral red paint or is there a recipe to get close? Also, is the red/brown color used on the underframe of the red cabooses the same color as the carbody of the mineral red/daylight orange cabooses?
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Post by valenciajim on Dec 6, 2015 11:07:30 GMT -8
Yesterday, I was a guest lecturer at a Cal State Northridge graduate course. Since I was nearby, I drove over to Smith Brothers Hobby Shop on Reseda Boulevard. They carry the Tru-color paint line. They had the SP Daylight Orange and Red. You can download paint color charts at trucolorpaint.com/color-charts/ They recommend TCP color #211, Freight Car Red, for rolling stock for the period 1937-1960's. I purchased a couple of bottles of the Daylight colors and the cost was $5.45 per bottle for a 1 fl. oz. bottle. I hope this helps. |
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Post by drolsen on Dec 25, 2015 17:14:09 GMT -8
Tru-Color had a mind-boggling selection of freight car red / brown paints - there must be 40+ different railroads' colors represented. I'd like '90s NS and '70s / '80s SP and SOU, but it's difficult to choose from all the colors in their line without seeing actual test samples of the colors. I'm really not complaining - they have a great selection that is continuing to grow, but I would love some recommendations for those particular colors.
Dave
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Post by fr8kar on Dec 31, 2015 22:27:41 GMT -8
Unfortunately no hobby shop near me carries Tru Color paints, but Model Master paints are widely available at my LHS (which specializes in military and RC cars/aircraft). Since these are the paints I can get, this is what I have standardized my paint colors with. Anyway, I played around and came up with 2 parts MM Rotbraun and 1 part Burnt Umber to get very close to the color used on my Genesis Cotton Belt caboose.
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Post by valenciajim on Jan 2, 2016 11:23:36 GMT -8
The Tru Color paints are available on-line. But ut is good to know that you got a decent result with Model Master Paints.
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