I am looking to airbrush some wellcars in the Pacer Blue and decal them in the BRAN roadnumbers. Can anyone tell me what color or mixture I should throw together to make the Pacer Stacktrain BLUE? Your replies are most welcomed!!! Thank you!
Hobo Tim, I have absolutely no clue, but I do LOVE your avatar. "Z" best...! Good luck with your project! Kind regards, Otto
I used Color Match 1.0 and the closest hobby paint I found was Tamiya TS-44 Brilliant Blue (spray can).
Gary Hinshaw made and painted some BRAN wellcars, he is on TB, try PMing him, he is always a great help, my best, Jan
Thanks for the vote of confidence Jan. Alas, the well cars I painted were the ex-APL 48 footers which were a significantly lighter shade of blue, like this: The 53' well cars are new to BRAN and quite a bit darker. My strategy for situations like this is to buy 2-3 shades of the colour and try them out next to a photo. In this case I would recommend trying the Polly Scale shades: BAR Blue D&H Avon Blue Prussian Blue and maybe CSX New Image Blue Good luck with it! -Gary
My two cents worth. As already noted by Gary Hinshaw, always check the military colors. There are a lot more of them than there are railroad colors. Also very good for painting structures.
