<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I've had great results with this recipe:</div><div><br><div>N&W Maroon (1925-1950)</div><div>2 parts Caboose red gloss( A 'part' is a full shot glass)</div><div>2 parts Tuscan Red gloss</div><div>5 drops Chrome silver</div><div>5 drops Gold</div><div>5 drops Poop Brown</div><div>4 drops Cub Yellow</div><div>11 drops Medium Purple Gloss</div><div><br></div><div>Weathering:</div><div>Armor Sand thinned 3 to 1 with lacquer thinner and very lightly applied to the lower parts of the Passenger cars & Trucks for an almost invisible particle of paint representing the traction sand. Use 35-45 lbs of air pressure.</div><div><br></div><div>3/4 bottle small Testors Flat Black, adding in 15 drops of Armor Sand to more closely represent coal soot. this is also applied at higher than normal air pressure to get a spatter effect from the thicker paints. Paint tops and ends of all the passenger cars. More on baggage and mail/storage cars.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark Lindsey</div><div>Stuck in the snow in the 1930's </div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Lindsey, Stacy M. (HQ-LM020)[Lockheed Martin Information Technology] wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div> <font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><br> ------ Forwarded Message<br> </span><span style="font-size:11px"><b>From: </b>NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>><br> <b>Reply-To: </b>NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>><br> <b>Date: </b>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:41:01 -0600<br> <b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>><br> <b>Subject: </b>Ideas for mixing N&W tuscan red<br> <br> </span><font size="4"><span style="font-size:11pt">Back a number of years ago there was an article in Railroad Model Craftsman<br> about modernizing a Rivarossi coach and the author mentioned that he used<br> two parts caboose red with one part tuscan red to make the tuscan red used<br> on the model. I don't recall off hand what the type of paint was, but it<br> was reported (for the time) as being a common mix used to create the proper<br> shade by some N&W modelers. Can anyone help me with this?<br> <br> --<br> jerry<br> <<a href="mailto:jmlaboda@gmail.com">jmlaboda@gmail.com</a>><br> ________________________________________<br> <a href="mailto:NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org">NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org</a><br> To change your subscription go to<br> <a href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list">http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list</a><br> Browse the NW-Modeling-List archives at<br> <a href="http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/</a><br> <br> <br> ------ End of Forwarded Message<br> </span></font></font> </div> </div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Mark Lindsey</div><div><a href="mailto:y3a@earthlink.net">y3a@earthlink.net</a></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>