Re: PFE Reefer paint suggestions
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Dick Harley at Naperville had many PFE reefers on display; he prefers the P-B-L "Star" brand
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color for PFE orange to others. The Tru-Color to my eye seems a tiny bit off, but in the past I've mixed my own colors. If you're modeling a car with a 3 or 4 year old paint job it hardly matters, as these cars got dirty fast. John Riddell had a good idea that I'm going to try. Just stick a 'popsicle stick' into each color and let it dry. (I will use white styrene strips.) And label it... Then you'll have a ready supply of colored strips to match to drift cards, photos, models, whatever. Tim O'Connor ----- Original Message -----
From: "al_brown03" <abrown@...> I built this kit a couple of years ago, painted all sub-assemblies with off-the-shelf paints from spray cans, without masking. Orange was Model Master "Go Mango 1969-70" (different from plain "Go Mango"), red was Tamiya Red Brown, underframe was a Tamiya black (either "Black" or "Matt Black", I don't recall which). I've posted the results, pending approval, to an album entitled "PFE R-40-4". Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. I'm working on a Tichy PFE Reefer and I was wondering if there was an off the shelf paint for the sides and ends. Tichy's instructions call for blends of Daylight Orange & RG Yellow for the sides; BCR &Tuscan red for the ends, icing platforms, roofwalk(sic) and fascia. |
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