N at W Tuscan Red and Pevlar Blue

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I'm sorry, I was using the spelling that was in a release from a Jim Gillum of the N&W Historical Society dated May,3 of 1998. The artical was entitled N&W Tuscan Red and Pevlar Blue Paints. But at that I have picked up another very interesting fact about the N&W and the historical background of why the name Pevler Blue. Sorry about the spelling of the paint's name. Mr. Pevler was the president of a great railroad that while many railroads have failed his vision was that of a railroad of the future and how much greater it was to become. I can understand when someone tries to model a particular engine from a certain period that from a historical significance and standpoint at least if not every detail is prototypical at least the spelling of the paint used is.

   George Keller      
  
---- NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote: 

> 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

> 

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> 

>   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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