Re: PFE Reefer paint suggestions
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IMO, just about any shade of orange will work if you are modeling a train of PFE reefers as they appeared in the "wild". There are many color photos of such trains and the number of different colors...due to weather, sun and age...is significant. When I modeled Tichy reefers I probably used Floquil. Today I would use Polyscale.
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Mike Brock Dick Harley at Naperville had many PFE reefers on display; he prefers the P-B-L "Star" brand 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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