Re: RGS #42's current jacket paint
| August 19, 2017 11:38AM |
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Tomstp Wrote:
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> Love that boiler paint, very close to T&P paint.
Believe it or not, Tom -
That is exactly the same paint that was used on the D&S green coaches and on C&TS #489 a few years ago. Indoors, under incandescent lights, it looks very, very close to the D&RGW "Moffat Green" boiler jacket enamel that it's pigments are based on. But being a modern urethane paint, it is glossier than the original enamel, and outdoors it reflects a bit more sky and takes on a somewhat more bluish appearance – see JBWX' photo of the coaches at [chasingtrains.smugmug.com] for example, and this shot of #489 for comparison:
Did T&P paint their freight engines using that color? If so, I'd sure like to see #610 redone . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/19/2017 12:24PM by Russo Loco.
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> Love that boiler paint, very close to T&P paint.
Believe it or not, Tom -
That is exactly the same paint that was used on the D&S green coaches and on C&TS #489 a few years ago. Indoors, under incandescent lights, it looks very, very close to the D&RGW "Moffat Green" boiler jacket enamel that it's pigments are based on. But being a modern urethane paint, it is glossier than the original enamel, and outdoors it reflects a bit more sky and takes on a somewhat more bluish appearance – see JBWX' photo of the coaches at [chasingtrains.smugmug.com] for example, and this shot of #489 for comparison:
Did T&P paint their freight engines using that color? If so, I'd sure like to see #610 redone . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/19/2017 12:24PM by Russo Loco.
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