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RE: (erielack) FW: [n_scale] Railroad tugboats

A photo would be great!  I obtained an unpainted model and need to know what to do to it!

Tony Horn

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>From: Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
>Sent: Mar 16, 2006 11:46 PM
>To: "'Paul R. Tupaczewski'" <paultup_@_optonline.net>, erielack@lists.Railfan.net
>Subject: RE: (erielack) FW: [n_scale] Railroad tugboats
>
>
>> > I need help from someone who can look up the color scheme 
>> of the Erie 
>> > railroak tugboats "Marion" for instance.
>> > 
>> > It seems that the base color is an olive green with a shade 
>> of red on 
>> > the decks. This from photos in RMC many years ago.
>
>Bob, I have an Overland Tugboat which I bought painted by Overland.  I believe they had excelent
>sources for the information, so I'll describe how it's painted:
>
>Hull: dark red, I believe Zinc Oxide Primer
>Decks, coaming (probably not the right term) around the entire hull, and stack, black
>Walls of deck house and pilot house, darkish, OK, olive green.
>Tarp on lifeboat, light gray
>Lifeboat and davits, black
>Tops and ends of the thingies (I'm not a sailor!) to which hawsers and lines are attached, orange.
>Top of handrailings life preservers, orange
>Windows in pilot house, red
>Erie Diamond, white, black center.
>Lettering on coaming, white
>Nameplate, gold lettering
>Navigation lights, white
>Prop, bronze.
>
>I might be able to provide a photo of it.
>
>SGL
>
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