N&W Blue

Thu Jul 3 22:12:48 EDT 2014

We have sent Tru-Color a sample of actual N&W Blue.

Thanks,

Richard D. Shell
ShellScale Decals

In a message dated 7/3/2014 7:56:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

FWIW perhaps the model committee could provide  a paint chip or drift card 
to Tru-Color; I'm sure they would be glad to add  N&W Tuscan to their line 
of prototypically correct model paints.

Jim Brewer
Glenwood MD

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Sent: Thursday,  July 3, 2014 3:28:14 PM
Subject: RE: Tuscan color

Lee;

What both Frank and Ed are talking about occurs  in most every society. 
Having lived in Milwaukee, WI for several years, I  watched an argument between 
a pair of Milw. Rd. HS members about the  correct color orange on their 
passenger cars and other equipment. One member  argued that the second was 
wrong in that they were all painted the same color  & shade of orange. The 
second while partially agreed, he stated that they  were not all the same color 
orange, as he had seen them come out of the paint  shops is different shades 
of orange, with the paint being ordered at  the same time from the same 
paint mfgr., which at the time was being delivered  in 55 gal drums. The first 
individual continued to tell the second  he was wrong but finally realized he 
had to quit arguing when the second  told him that he was one of a half 
dozen employees of the Milw. Road who  painted their equipment fleet for a 
living.....

That being said,  the N&W Red from Scalecoat color works well, however it 
has a bit of  a metallic flake to it. There are several colors I have seen 
work fairly  well, including WC Maroon. Another color that has just come onto 
the market is  from TruColor paints, which is very similar in nature to the 
old line of  Accu-Paint. They are now offering part # TCP-276 - PRR 1948+ 
Passenger  Car Tuscan.

I am sure that somewhere in the archives there is a  Paint ID # for the 
non-metallic red, that can be shared and closely matched  with current 
commercial paints from a PPG or ICI paint dealer. I would suggest  obtaining a small 
amount of said color and try to best match that color by  primering a piece 
of styrene and top coating the commercial grade paint, and  then doing the 
same with several colors of model rr paint and seeing which  works best for 
you and you lighting situation. Keep in mind that some clear  coats will 
slightly shift the tone of the color of the paint. Also, the color  primer will 
yield different finish colors as well. Tamyia offers both a white  and mild 
grey primer paint for example. Darker colors tend to pop more on a  lighter 
base color.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Russ Goodwin
Buford, GA

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 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 23:16:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Tuscan color
To:  nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org

Lee; what Ed is referring to is a "color flame war" that happens every  
time N&W Tuscan Red or Pevlar Blue shows up on this list.  FWIW, this  also 
happens on the C&O list with Enchantment Blue, the C&O list and  the NYC list 
with shades of gray, and probably just about every other model  railroad 
list. 

Hopefully someone who does a lot of painting, and is pleased with the  
result, will tell you what mix works for them, and will nicely mention that  
with lighting, etc. (the etc. is half a clinic)you may have to make  
adjustments.  With that I can't help; tuff enough for us Virginian  modelers to settle 
on workable yellows and black.  One thing I can  tell you, is that Dr. Jim 
EuDaly (he's an eye doc, so this isn't  fantasy)actually told us in a clinic 
(at a C&O meet)that color actually  varies a bit with scale, and (I hope I 
got this right)you probably need a tad  lighter mix than an HO modeler 
would.  I can also tell you that your room  lighting is probably one of the most 
important factors.  I guess there's  one other thing I should mention 
because the more experienced painters  consider it so obvious they don't mention 
it: make sure the light where you  paint is the same as the light on the 
layout. 

Frank Bongiovanni

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:48 PM, NW Modeling List  
<_nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org_ (mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org) >  wrote:

My favorite modeling list topic!   

Ed Painter Narrows,VA living in Dahlonega,GA

On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:21 PM, NW Modeling List <_nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org_ 
(mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org) >  wrote:

I am new  member to the modeling list.  I am painting an N scale passenger 
car  set and wondered what color you folks recommend to match the Tuscan 
red.  

Thank you,  

Lee Burns

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