Tuscan color

Thu Jul 3 22:41:09 EDT 2014

Cuts from earlier discussions on this topic are on the web site at
http://www.nwhs.org/modeling/TuscanRed.html

Ron Davis

At 05:30 PM 7/3/2014, you wrote:
>The best advice is choose a color that looks good to you and go with 
>it, if someone complains show them the door it is your railroad.  I 
>painted my cars long before the Internet was common and every book 
>and article had different advice, I choose a color and all my cars 
>are painted with it.  My lighting has changed over the years so the 
>color has shifted but the color is the same shade and looks fine to 
>me.  Arguing about color takes too much time away from modeling and 
>running trains.
>
>Kurt S. Kramke
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>On 07/03/14, NW Modeling List wrote:
>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
>
>
>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
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>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
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>On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:48 PM, NW Modeling List 
><nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>My favorite modeling list topic!
>
>
>Ed Painter Narrows,VA living in Dahlonega,GA
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>On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:21 PM, NW Modeling List 
><nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>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.
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>Thank you,
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>Lee Burns
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