Re: PC: Interoir Caboose/Cabin Car interior?

[Ken Freeman <kfreeman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use Tamiya "Yellow-Green", a very industrial looking "bleah" color.
Probably about right. :-)



Bill K. wrote:
> 
> that's took dark for the color I thought this is...   look at Polly S
> military colors for a mint green.   I'm thinking this looks more like the
> light green used on the Erie 2-tone green paint scheme.
> 
> I'd think a caboose interior would be light because you want them to be
> bright inside.
> 
> Bill K.
> 
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> > From: rastaff -AT- iguana.ruralnet.net
> > To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com; price <eprice@skantech.net>;
> penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
> > Subject: Re: PC: Interoir Caboose/Cabin Car interior?
> > Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 4:07 PM
> >
> > Date:          Wed, 14 Oct 1998 19:38:24 -0500
> > To:            penn-central -AT- smellycat.com, "price" <eprice@skantech.net>
> > From:          Jeffrey Dobek <jdobek -AT- mvp.net>
> > Subject:       Re: PC: Interoir Caboose/Cabin Car interior?
> > Reply-to:      penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
> >
> > The color you are trying to describe sounds like Green Zinc Chromate.
> > This was also used in locomotive cabs, building interiers, etc. To
> > see a sample of it go to the hobby shop and look at Testors Model
> > Master line. They make this color.
> > Bob Stafford
> >
> >  >Hi Folks,
> > >  I recently came across of an old Gem Models PRR N-8 Cabin Car that I
> want
> > >to paint in PC colors.  The model as a rudimentary interior.  Any one
> know
> > >what the interiors colors were?
> > >                                                Ed
> >
> > When we restored our ex-CR/PC NE-6 at Clinton, MI, scraping down under
> the
> > Conrail grey interior, we found a color of what I would best call
> > "institutional green" underneath. This is the type of green paint you
> might
> > find on the walls of a hospital, school, etc. I don't think I have the
> > color chip any more, but we found a good match at the local Do-It Center.
> > :)
> >
> > JD
> >
> >
> >
> >