Erie Boxcar red help
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My only local hobby shop caters more to the plastic kit (airplanes, cars etc) modelers than Model RR but they are good for things like paint. I am going to be painting an Erie Boxcar in the near future and they have Vallejo and Tamiya paints. Does anyone have a color in either line that would be close to the color of the attached photo? I’ve learned the color name on the label means nothing. Heck Lester B used Vallejo Model Color Red Leather to model PRR FCC and it looks good.
Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY
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Pierre Oliver
And the printed colour charts from Vallejo are of little help as
well, as I've discovered Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 1/01/20 3:14 p.m., Brian Carlson via
Groups.Io wrote:
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Schleigh Mike
Hello Group & Brian! My best choice for the ERIE's FCR was the Floquil FCR for the ATSF. I have never compared it with Vallejo or Tamiya but perhaps that color would provide you a basis to choose. Not to go tangential here but, in my experience, Intermountain never got this right on their ERIE boxcars. Branchline did it better and perhaps is another comparison you might make. Regards --- Mike Schleigh from Grove City, Penna.
On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 03:14:28 PM EST, Brian Carlson via Groups.Io <prrk41361@...> wrote:
My only local hobby shop caters more to the plastic kit (airplanes, cars etc) modelers than Model RR but they are good for things like paint. I am going to be painting an Erie Boxcar in the near future and they have Vallejo and Tamiya paints. Does anyone have a color in either line that would be close to the color of the attached photo? I’ve learned the color name on the label means nothing. Heck Lester B used Vallejo Model Color Red Leather to model PRR FCC and it looks good.
Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY
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Greg Martin
Brian, TESTORS Flat Grapefruit in the 1/4oz. bottles. I gat mine at Michaels Arts and Craft. It is a rather new color. It may be a bit light, but very close. Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: "Brian Carlson via Groups.Io" <prrk41361@...> Date: 1/1/20 12:14 PM (GMT-08:00) To: RealSTMFC@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Erie Boxcar red help My only local hobby shop caters more to the plastic kit (airplanes, cars etc) modelers than Model RR but they are good for things like paint. I am going to be painting an Erie Boxcar in the near future and they have Vallejo and Tamiya paints. Does anyone have a color in either line that would be close to the color of the attached photo? I’ve learned the color name on the label means nothing. Heck Lester B used Vallejo Model Color Red Leather to model PRR FCC and it looks good.
Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY
-- Hey Boss, Somehow I got deleted from this group in late May. I guess someone didn't like me. Jail is a lonely place. Greg Martin
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Nelson Moyer
Or buy a bottle of Tru Color Erie Freight Car Brown, which is matched to color chips and is more brown than the red in the photo.
Nelson Moyer
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Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2020 2:41 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Erie Boxcar red help
And the printed colour charts from Vallejo are of little help as well, as I've discovered Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 1/01/20 3:14 p.m., Brian Carlson via Groups.Io wrote:
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Todd Sullivan
And just to add to the discussion, most of the ERIE boxcars I saw during 5+ years of prowling about the E-L Port Jervis Yard were a lot browner than the photo posted. I suspect the slide in the photo was Kodachrome which shifted colors toward red.
Another thought: this only really matters if you are modeling a new or recently repainted car. The Northeast was a dirty place in the 1940s and 1950s with lots of steam locos and coal-fired factories and power plants. Cars darkened pretty quickly in that environment. Todd Sullivan
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Corey Fischer
I agree, The idea that a paint needs to be exactly “Erie Brown” is ridiculous for an in-service and slightly weathered car. Paint fades and weathers differently. Plenty of examples of this can be found even with the more stable paints of today. Just mix whatever paints you have on stock to get close to that color it. You want different shades of paint on cars from the same road, its more prototypical. Corey
On Jan 1, 2020, at 6:41 PM, Todd Sullivan via Groups.Io <sullivant41@...> wrote:
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Marty McGuirk
My go-to color for a basic freight car red has become Vallejo "Rust" - which for a while was sold by Micro-Mark as "Boxcar Red." I'll usually tint it one way or the other with either a crimson red or a earth/flesh tone depending on if I want to lighten and/or darken it.
It's considerably less brown and a much warmer color than the old Floquil/Polly Scale BCR, which always seemed a little bluish/purple to my eye.
Here's a car painted with straight Vallejo Rust prior to a flat coat being applied -
Marty McGuirk
On January 1, 2020 at 5:05 PM Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@...> wrote:
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WILLIAM PARDIE
Nice job on this early Westerfield car. I did this car when it first came out but that car has suffered some damage. I have decals for a later period and have obtained another kit. One note. The ladders on this and several other MP cars were wider than normal. Westerfield now has the proper ladders as a separate part. Bull Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: Marty McGuirk <mjmcguirk@...> Date: 1/2/20 3:09 AM (GMT-10:00) To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@...> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Erie Boxcar red help
My go-to color for a basic freight car red has become Vallejo "Rust" - which for a while was sold by Micro-Mark as "Boxcar Red." I'll usually tint it one way or the other with either a crimson red or a earth/flesh tone depending on if I want to lighten and/or darken it.
It's considerably less brown and a much warmer color than the old Floquil/Polly Scale BCR, which always seemed a little bluish/purple to my eye.
Here's a car painted with straight Vallejo Rust prior to a flat coat being applied -
Marty McGuirk
On January 1, 2020 at 5:05 PM Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@...> wrote:
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Marty McGuirk
The ongoing saga of this car continues!
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Thanks for the tip on the Westerfield wider ladders - will have to check them out. This is actually the second of these kits I’ve built. Its predecessor was one of the first resin cars I’d built - made out of the old dark resin. I built it in the stateroom on an LST. Made the mistake of test fitting the trucks and went on watch - came back to two trucks rolling around on the deck still attached to the remains of the bolsters - and what seemed like hundreds of little resin fragments. Marty McGuirk
On Jan 2, 2020, at 1:08 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE <PARDIEW001@...> wrote:
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mopacfirst
I can attest to the Westerfield ladders -- as a MoPac modeler, I'm now on my second order of them.
Ron Merrick
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My go to color for the past two years is to use a spray can of Tamiya Red Oxide primer. After that it it is tint washes of Vallejo paints brush applied till I get the shade I want for a specific car.
I have to spray out on my townhouse deck when the wind dies down and the fog or fall forest fire smoke is not present which is a limitation. I can use the Vallejo washes indoors.
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