N at W Tuscan Red and Pevlar Blue

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If you'd sign your eMail, we'd know who doesn't know how to spell the name 
of N&W's President after Saunders.

It wasn't PEVLAR.

It was Pevler.

I don't believe that was the official name of the paint color.  A better 
name is "post merger blue".

EdK

-----Original Message----- 
From: NW Modeling List
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:04 PM
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Subject: N at W Tuscan Red and Pevlar Blue


  There has been some discussion of late about Tuscan Red and Pevlar Blue. 
Of late I have painted models using suggestions that I gathered from this 
sight. My first model was a GP-9 that I painted Pevlar Blue using NASON 
brand paint code 76547 IE, GM National Fleet Color. NASON is a brand of 
paint that is marketed by DuPont. Last week I painted another GP-9 Tuscan 
Red and again using the NASON brand code 43498 IE, 1975 Chrysler Vintage 
Red. Both of these colors are in Acrylic Enamel orange label fast dry and I 
used NASON 441-21 reducer at 35%. If you decide to use these colors I did 
not use the available hardner in my painting. I have used the hardner in 
painting full size automobiles but did not feel that it was necessary in 
this application. I had a half pint of both colors mixed at a cost of about 
10.00 per and so it wasn't much more expensive that model paint.

  In both cases both colors are just exactly as I remembered them back in 
the day. In the case of the Tuscan Red this is the old red not the new one. 
Both colors are very high gloss and the Tuscan Red has it's metallic base. 
After applying decals and weathering  I toned both models down by using a 
very diluted 50% mixture Floquil flat finish , I wanted to retain some of 
the gloss but not all of it. I'm a happy camper with the results on both 
models.

  This week I am going to paint a few more models using other paints. We all 
know that both of these colors changed as soon as the spray guns were turned 
off. I'm going to use the Floquil Enchantment Blue with 10 drops of Engine 
Black for one and as Microscale Decals suggests Floquil Light Blue for 
another. I've tested both of these paints and can also relate to both of 
them being the proper Blue. The Light Blue sort of represents a sightly 
faded version of the Blue. I'm in the process of trying out the suggestion 
of 1 part Milwaukee Red and two parts SP Daylight Red for the Tuscan Red.

  I live in Bellevue,Ohio and I'm modeling the transition period of the mid 
to late 60's when The ready tracks had a verity of different fallen flags 
ready to pull freight in any direction. If I were to model today's diesel 
pit and ready track it would be the same as one can see 6 to 8 different 
road names ready to pull North,East, South and West at any given time. The 
Main yards are a half mile behind my house and as I look out over the grain 
fields I may not have the Grand Canyon or the Purple Mountains but the 
scenery in my back yard changes every hour. From the days of the Nickle 
Plate to todays Norfolk Southern it has never been dull watching trains in 
Bellevue,Ohio.
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