Found some Floquil Pullman green at the Bay place and did a test strip...it is clearly darker than the factory Bachmann Pullman Green...any ideas to lighten or make it match? Thinner? a dab of white? Help if you can John
John, try light gray. Dont try to mix the whole bottle. Use a eyedropper to add the light gray in a mix bottle with the green. It may take couple of times to get it right. Mixing paint is not a exact science. That is why I hate mixing paint, so I go out of my way so I dont have to.
Thanks, a dab of gray will indeed work...don't know what I was thinking!! I did notice that as the paint dried even more it came closer to the factory paint. John
Don't know if you should worry about variations in Pullman green, or any other color for that matter. Just before signing on, I had been reading (looking actually) at my latest book acquisition. The book has quite a few color pictures of passenger consists from the '50's thru '70's. I wa struck by the wide variation in "Pullman" green. The colors varied from a light olive to a green with quite a brown tinge. This, in the same train. Believe that Pullman green, like boxcar red, may be very variable.
Dave, there is no two ways about that! It is especially true of the "bucket and brush" days in the late 1800s and early 1900s when paint was poorly mixed and variations could be had from the SAME CAN !! Having said that, it would be nice if my windows could match the body of the car. I suppose if mixing doesn't work I'll do an overcoat with the Pullman I have...you know a few boards in the new paint color variation along the body of the car. Might look kinda good actually... John
John: Yes, and I just now really clicked on to your avatar - if that's the old C&S, would think that you had quite a bit of wooden equipment. I model the late 50's, early 60's and project #2439 on my list is to take my 10 - 15 FGEX wood reefers and do a "board by board" weathering/repaint job on most of them.
We did a box car (I think I have photos in the Narrow Gauge Threads) and part of what needed doing was removing the button herald from the side as these were not in use in 1899. What ended up happening was a basic board by board paint job because removing the herald also removed much of the paint...have a look, I think it turned out ok!. Also, have a look at my posts for the 101 baggage car...with the mixed paint it actually looks closer to the actual photo of the car between 1880 and 1900. John
John - Look real good to me. While the Pullman Company probably had some sort of quality control over their cars so painted, apparently rail road owned equipment painted Pullman green was in fact, very variable. The only wood passenger cars I ever saw (or remember seeing) were some ACL cars in MOW service. And those, if I remember correctly (can't find the photos) were varying shades of red - possibly due to weathering. Glad it worked out well for you.
