Ed, in the few surviving color photos from the late '40s and early '50s that show numerous SFRD cars in the same train or yard, color varies widely, not because the cars were painted differently

Bill, so far as I've been able to determine, the MILW rib side cars were painted entirely in mineral red, including the trucks and underbody, when new. In any event, there are color photos to

BoxCarRed !!?? John F. Pautz American Switch & Signal P:48 track components

Jack wrote: I guess "parts" could pertain to volume. But if one where to add 5 droppers of color A to 20 droppers of color B which would = 25 droppers of color C. No matter the size of different

Doug wrote: I can't argue that weight is the proper way to establish and document paint mixing although it would seem that the paint machine at the local hardware or paint store is using volume to

Following closely behind our popular CofG ventilated boxcar will be the Southern Ry. 41'6" flat car, built in 1926 and lasting into the mid-1990s in MofW and ribbon rail train service. This car was

The way that paint is mixed is by weighing the different colors. It is not by a 50/50 or 25/75 ratio. Different paint colors way different amounts, therfore you may add 5 grams of color A and 20 grams

Which is the better, Rib Side or the Sunshine?? Dennis --- Dean Payne <1payne1@...> wrote:

Um, yeah, You are correctly right. SGL

Hello group, I am in the process of assembling one of the Rib Side Cars kits and have a rather simple question... What color were the trucks painted? I have surfed through some websites and it

Gee that is a creative idea Jack, but unfortunately, I don't think the electronic mix will give you any useful information. While I'm not really up on the pigments used in model paints, use of

paint matches it. According to the instructions on my Rib Side Cars kit, the matching paint for what they used is Polyscale F404079, Oxide Red. I do not know if this is considered the most accurate

I have John White's, "The American Railroad Freight Car", book, covering wooden freight cars, "until the coming of steel", but found no description of how the upper deck of double-deck stock cars

Jack Burgess wrote: This is the classic problem, Jack: the physics of the situation is against you. What you see on your screen (and what Photoshop constructs) is RGB light colors, an ADDITIVE

Bill, It was my understanding that they/China use the RAL system, at least with the projects I have been involved in... Greg Martin

Ah yes.... the Purple Pullman. Actually, it was a bit more Plum and Fuscia, but certainly NOT any acceptable match for the PRR Loewy "Fleet of Modernism" scheme! The sample is still on my shelf and a

Mixing paint to match a paint chip, a paint sample, a photo, or memory is, for me, very difficult. One could obviously prepare 50/50 mixes of all possible combinations of one manufacturer's paint line

Tony, And I, for one at least, really do appreciate that extra step in your book. Awaiting the tank car book, Charlie

Rob Kirkham wrote: It should be noted that there are generous-size paint "chips" in the back of the PFE book. These were very carefully matched, ON PRESS, to PFE's own paint chips. They are a

In a message dated 5/14/2008 10:00:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jack@... writes: I can't argue that weight is the proper way to establish and document paint mixing although it