(erielack) DL&W Caboose Colors

["Schmieder" <"schmieder_@_goes.com">]

Mike,

Make sure that if you do circulate this paint chip around, you stop at
Scalecoat and have them mix up a batch.  Have them appropriately call it,
"DL&W Caboose Red".   They make the best paint on the market.  (Leaves a
nice finish for the Prime Mover Decals I'll be using!)

Tom

>Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 23:18:18 EDT
>From: "MDelvec952_@_aol.com"
>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W Caboose Colors
>
>There's a new twist to the color issue, in that in doing the research to
>paint a real Lackawanna steel caboose, 896 in Whippany, Bob Bahrs, Chris
>Mazzei and myself have tumbled to what we feel is damned close to a dead
>ringer for Glidden No.204 Standard Brown, which is what the railroad used
in
>1954.  This color is called Cinibar, sort of a cinimon brown; it's a
burgundy
>based paint with brown added.
>
>This color has the maroonish / brown look in the sunlight, and the faded
>Hershey bar look in cloudy weather.  It also matches almost every photo of
a
>caboose when compared under similar lighting conditions.
>
>I'm not yet aware of a model paint of that color, but somebody must make
>something.  If not, we'll circulate this color among the manufacturers to
>make something work.
>
>                         ....Mike


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