Lettering color on early steam

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Strictly speaking gold leaf is gold beaten extensively between two sheets of
leather so that it forms an extremely thin sheet, about 0.001" thick and
thinner. Gold is a very soft, plastic metal in pure form.  This thin sheet
would be cut up adhesively applied to jewelry and furniture.  This
technology goes back centuries.  This was not used on locomotives.  Too
expensive.

 

Gold leaf paint is paint that has actual 'ground-up' powder of actual gold
metal in it as the pigment.  Thus, it is costly.

 

"Gold" paint today has some other ground up mineral as the powder that
mimics the color and reflectivity of gold (Au) but doesn't cost that much.
Iron Pyrite (all that glitters is not gold) used to be part of the pigment
but that too became too costly.

 

DULUX gold paint is a yellow pigmented paint that is not based on a metallic
pigment.  But, it looks gold-like.  Cheaper.

 

Gary Rolih

Cincinnati

 

 

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In generic terms, what is gold leaf comprised of? and how is it applied to
the prototypes?
 
Thanks,
Dave Willis
(blt 1962, c/n 4)
 

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> Subject: Re: Lettering color on early steam

> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:20:27 -0400

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> It appears to me, that in VERY early photos of N&W locomotives (perhaps 

> freight only) that the lettering is white rather than gold, for example

the 

> picture of the first loco produced by Roanoke. Anyone else have data?

> Jim Cochran

> dcochran116 at roadrunner.com

> 

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> > Joe

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> > I have drawing F1154 Oct 24 1884 shows gold leaf on passenger tenders 

> > and gold paint on

> > fright locomotive tenders

> >

> > Larry Evans

> > Kenova, WV

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> >> Gentlemen,

> >> I've been asked by a model company to supply info about the lettering

on 

> >> early N&W steam. My information is that the lettering color on both 

> >> passenger and freight pre-1900 steam was gold leaf. Can anyone confirm 

> >> or deny that?

> >> Thanks

> >> Joe Giannovario

> >> O Scale Trains Magazine

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