I want to establish standard structure colors for my Q layout, and I would
like to know that paints others are using for Bronze Green and Indian Red.
I've looked at the color chips printed in The Zephyr (No. 47) and compared
them with the paint recommendations on the BRHS web site. I made my own
color chips from Modelflex Euro Green, Poly S Dark Green, Modelflex Dark
Tuscan Oxide Red, Modelflex Maroon Tuscan Oxide Red, Poly S Oxide Red, and
Poly S Mineral Red (plus other 'reds' that were quickly rejected). Modelflex
Euro Dark Green comes closest to the printed Bronze Green color chip,
however it has a semi-gloss finish that I find objectionable. Poly S Dark
Green is very similar, but has a flat finish. The printed Indian Red
(Mineral Red) color chip is very hard to match, and to my eye, the BRHS
recommendation of Modelflex Maroon Tuscan Oxide Red isn't even close in
either warm fluorescent or tungsten light. Modelflex Dark Tuscan Oxide Red
is very close to the printed color chip, but it has a brownish cast and the
objectionable semi-gloss finish. In tungsten light Poly S Mineral Red and
Poly S Oxide Red are both a very close match to the printed color chip, and
both have a flat finish. Under warm fluorescent light, Poly S Mineral Red is
a close match to the printed color chip.
Trying to match color photographs isn't very helpful because most of them
show structures with various degrees of weathering, and freshly painted
structures resulting from preservation projects probably aren't absolutely
faithful to the original paint scheme. My railroad will represent
Southeastern Iowa circa 1953, when few structures sported fresh paint. For
me, the best compromise for structure painting seems to be Poly S Dark Green
and Poly S Mineral Red.
I'd like to hear your comments on my experiments, and I'd like to know the
red/green combinations others are using.
Nelson Moyer
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