Thanks for all the replies. Looking at Doug’s photo I would say the existing
decals are closer to what he has rather than the darker black cat decal.
The only reason I decided to put decals on was because it was proving difficult
to source the paint here in Kelowna.
That said, the darker maroon has a certain cache to it.
I think I’ll forge on. Thanks for all the feedback.
Julian
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On Apr 22, 2021, at 20:59, Jeff Pinchbeck <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Years ago I spoke to a railway paint chemist and he told me paint starts
shifting within 1 hour of exposure to sunlight. The speed depends on paint
formula, pigments, temperature and how bright the day is.
Go with what looks good to you.
jeff
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Subject: [cpha] Re: CP Tuscan
Julian;
I agree with what everyone has said. CPR Tuscan is very hard to model. ALL
colours change ( weather) over time caused by various factors of the elements
- sunshine, temperature, harsh pollutants in the air (eg. soot), and cleaning
compounds. I've also seen how a colour photograph can be manipulated to give
almost any hue of a colour desired. Also lighting for model railroads is far
different than outdoor light no matter how bright or dull the day is
One good CP Tuscan model paint to use is Scalecoat. The only problem is
getting it into Canada, as it is solvent based. I've used it (along with
some good friends) for most of my CP passenger and motive power. If you want
to lighten it slightly from the bottle, you need to mix orange with it.
Years ago Floquil did make a CPR Maroon colour, but sadly they disappeared.
When the motive power and passenger cars were done in Tuscan, there was
always a variety in shades as equipment aged from the paint shop. Years ago
I spoke with someone in the paint lab in Weston Shops (Winnipeg) and they
told me the colours might have shifted as they hadn't been refrigerated!
They were only able to give me spectrometer readings for the diesel gray and
yellow They didn't have any tuscan. Just be aware, the steam gray is
slightly darker than the diesel gray.
What you've got looks fine. The decal colour looks like a freshly painted
shade while your tender looks like one that's been around a bit.
Keep up the good work!
JIm Little, MMR
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:41 PM Julian <nineveh612@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am in the process of decalling a Van Hobbies CP Hudson (2816) using black
cat decals. However, I noticed that, although they say they are Tuscan, they
look very dark maroon. When I look at pictures on line the side boards and
tender sides are definitely Tuscan red not deep maroon like the black cat
decals.
Can anyone shed some light on this as I have done half the engine and can’t
help thinking it looks wrong.
Thanks
Julian
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