NYC Paint Charts & Painting Information
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MODELflex Paints - Sold by Badger Air Brush Company.
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Tru-Color Paints - Tru-Color Paint was formed by Rick Galazzo and Scott Cohen in 2008 in Phoenix, AZ. Both principals have extensive experience with formulating paint on the commercial scale and decided to branch out on their own in the model paint business. There are two sorted databases now listed on our website showing standard freight car colors in one list and ALL railroad colors in other list. Both lists are sorted by railroad name in ALPHABETICAL ORDER! Now you can find the paint you need for that special project.
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Seth Lakin, NYCSHS director, suggests these Tru-Color paint colors:
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#82 Rich Oxide Brown - My chosen paint for my 858-B boxcar (See 4th Qtr 2014 NYCentral Modeler article)
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#93 Oxide Brown - My chosen paint for American Model Builders’ 19000-series cabooses
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“Paint Code Triangle” by Peter Weiglin - Beginning in the late 1950s, the NYC added a triangular stencil to freight cars to guide in the painting of cars. The codes in the triangle indicated the manner in which the car had been cleaned, primed, and painted. It is very useful to understand this code to ensure correct paint colors for models. (Reprinted here from the 1st Quarter 2014 NYCentral Modeler.)
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“20th Century Painting Guide” by H.L. Vail, Jr. - This is an authoritative article by the then president of the NYCSHS written in the early 1980’s. It provides some data on painting the NYC 20th Century Limited. It is dated but useful.
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