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RE: (erielack) Re: Erie gray-green, one of the other family colors

That's good to know, possibly of use.  But the blind-copied person seemed to wake up a bit yesterday
when he saw the email.

I suspect it was the hammer, saw and crowbar that were harder to explain . . . 8^)

SGL
La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Lee [mailto:vincejlee_@_yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:05 AM
> To: Schuyler Larrabee; Erie Lack Mail List
> Subject: (erielack) Re: Erie gray-green, one of the other 
> family colors
> 
> Schuyler Larrabee wrote:
> 
> "The dark green of the ERIE passenger paint scheme is, I 
> think, the SAME as the Northern Pacific
> color.  A blind-copied person who will receive this email 
> will advise me on that, I'm sure.
> 
> However, that person, who I know, has the official color 
> records AND drift cards for the EMD paints.
> The ERIE light color, which I call gray-green, is NOT the 
> same as the NP light green color.  In
> fact, it appears from those records that it is a completely 
> unique (oop, unique is unique, so the
> qualifier isn't necessary or correct . . .), that is, unique 
> color among ALL the EMD-applied paints.
> 
> I have been rather informally bugging this person to issue 
> these colors in Scalecoat for at least
> five years.  He knows I'd prefer Scalecoat 1, but he's not 
> interested in that, only Scalecoat II.
> The last conversation we had about it he said he wasn't very 
> happy with Weaver lately, and didn't
> want to do any more custom colors with him (this person has 
> had several other custom colors made in
> Scalecoat.).   Who did I think he should work with?
> 
> OK, so that's where that got left.  I'll accept 
> recommendations as to manufacturer.  Who would those
> on the list interested in this color prefer?"
> 
> I have somewhat sizable segments (4"x8") of wood siding from 
> an Erie building, one painted the  grey-green "Station" 
> color, and the other the dark green, acquired in the early 
> 1970's (Trust me, officer, they just fell off the building 
> and landed at my feet!). Would they be of use to you  in this 
> endeavor?
> 
> I like Pollyscale paint. Works great for me.
> 
> Vince Lee
> 
> 
> Modeling the Erie Wyoming Division in Pennsylvania and 
> the Erie 28th Street Terminal in New York City 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
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