Scalecoat paint for Rio Grande cabooses

[fr8kar]

I have never painted anything for Rio Grande before, so I don't know where to begin as far as which colors to use. I will be painting one brass caboose and one acrylic caboose so I prefer to use Scalecoat I paint. What are the colors and/or mixes to use for these cabooses:

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[TBird1958]

Hey Ryan,

Thanks for the PM re this.
I don't think Scalecoat has a good match for this, at least not what is labelled as D&RGW colors, they may have something in their range labelled for another railroad that's a better match. I use TCP46 Aspen Gold, it's a perfect match for both single stripe and solid orange cars.

[valenciajim]

Several years ago I looked into Scalecoat for painting some D&RGW rolling stock. I concluded that they did not have anything that worked very well. I second the TCP46 Aspen Gold.

[fr8kar]

I have some Scalecoat I reds and yellows. I'll see if I can match TCP46. If not, I'll go all TCP.