Here's a C&O car with early style lettering, a 1954 shop date, in a 1956 photo. On 6/25/2022 9:17 AM, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io wrote: -- Tim

I think Harvest Yellow color depends on manufactures and data of manufacture. The currently available Harvest Yellow seem too yellow to me. This reminds me of Sunshine instructions for reefers where

Dullcote & alcohol can make for some very interesting 'blush' effects (the lighter patches) On 6/25/2022 7:15 AM, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io wrote: -- Tim

Tim You are right it is the Soo line on the left but it is the NP on the right side .Picture taken looking North from downtown Mpls Gary From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on

Tony An evasion. :-D Here is a photo I took indoors with a strong incandescent light source. https://www.flickr.com/photos/timboconnor/13252874824/

I concur. I mixed Scalecoat II orange to yellow at 4:1 and was shocked at how orange it was. I mixed 3:1, 2:1, 1:1 and all were still too orange to my eye. I then mixed 1:2 and 1:3 orange to yellow,

An AA layout in the early 1970s would be something to see, especially when the predecessors of the BN still showed up in original paint. Emery Gulash had a nice AA DVD series on Clear Block but the

I don’t know about you, Tim, but my layout is indoors. Tony

And again, a poorly lit model. Take that car into bright sunlight, and then tell me what color it is. :-) On 6/27/2022 2:42 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: -- Tim

That mix was mentioned in the SFRD reefer book as well However since that was written the recipes at Scalecoat changed I found that reversing the ratios gave the desired results Pierre

Richard’s view was that the SFRD color was pretty consistent from about 1930 through the late 1950s. His starting point was Scalecoat, 4 parts Reefer Orange and one part Reefer Yellow, a formula

Thanks for the photos of Richard’s models Tony. I don’t have a memory of Richard sharing a lot of photos on email lists like this; my recollection was about the help he provided with model and

Thanks Tony, and I apologise for coming in late on this but do you know what color Richard used for the Santa Fe reefers? I have huge respect for his modeling and would love to know his choice of

For completeness, I should mention that the bulk of Richard’s SFRD models were pretty dirty, not like the one I just showed. Below is a more typical example of his view of SFRD appearance. Here

Attached is a photo of one of Richard’s cars, and it certainly isn’t Harvest Yellow — at least, not the jar I have of that color. Tony Thompson tony@...

Jerry Michels wrote: As a general statement about modeling, Jerry, I am in full agreement. But for PFE, since they washed cars frequently, I think the statement needs adjustment. Starting with the

Rob, The lettering pattern of the reefer at 6:49 indicates it was an FGEX or WFEX reefer. Todd Sullivan

I forgot to add -- The models are the same color. The difference is lighting. On 6/27/2022 12:22 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

very nice models - like that weathering. Filthy! Rob

Keith Jordan recommended Accupaint MEC Harvest Yellow for SFRD and I really like the color - close to what Intermountain/Longs put on the SFRD plastic kits for cars a year