Paul,
The shade of green was discussed a while back on the list.
I seem to recall that someone mentioned that the shade of
green that the Q chose was the same color green as used by
John Deere on their tractors. After that discussion, I
picked up a can of "John Deere Green" and left a sample to
dry. The shade is awfully close to Scalecoat 2 BN Green or
the Badger BN Green. (I'll admit the bottle of Badger I
used was the first incarnation of their water based line,
but I'm ASSuming that the current variety is matched to the
same chip.)
Some of the difference in the color of the Q's Green and BN
Green (I know, which batch of Cascade Green) may be that the
paint the Q used didn't seem to weather all that well, the
yellowish shade might be from some of the fading. Funny
thing is that most of the weathered cascade green that I've
seen seems to loose the yellow and turn more blue as it
ages. As far as the hockey sticks that I plan on doing I'll
most likely toss a few drops of yellow into some BN Green to
change it a little, it will also tend to lighten the green
just a shade.
Ed Pavlovic
Paul/Celine Kossart wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have acquired two SD-45 units in HO and wish to paint them in the white
> hockey stick on green and black scheme as I am modeling the CB&Q in fall of
> 1969, just a few months prior to the BN merger. I seem to recall reading
> somewhere a few years back that initially, the green used in experimental
> paint prior to the merger, was a somewhat different shade of green than
> eventually settled on - The one being eventually settled on was what is now
> known as Cascade Green. But what was this pre-merger green shade I am
> thinking of? I recall seeing over the years some BN looking models and
> photos of the prototype which looked to my eye as having a different,
> perhaps slightly yellowish shade of green. The color I am talking about
> looks similar to the following:
>
> http://www.trainpage.com/tCa-Cm/images/cb&q519atmaybrook10-5-69.jpg
>
> and seems to be a VERY different shade of green than:
>
> http://archive.trainpix.com/BN/EMDORIG/SD45/6469.HTM
>
> So what do you all think and more importantly, what color mix do I need to
> duplicate this "other" green on my models? Thanks very much for any info
> and help on this.
>
> Paul Kossart - (The CB&Q Guy)
> SEE YOU IN MENDOTA!
>
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