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Discussion related to everything about model railroading, from layout design and planning, to reviews of related model tools and equipment. Discussion includes O, S, HO, N and Z, as well as narrow gauge topics. Also includes discussion of traditional "toy train" and "collector" topics such as Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, and others. Also includes discussion of outdoor garden railways and live steamers.
Anyone have any idea what the correct colors are to the NJT comet cars? in some pictures they look white and in others they look silver. Im currently modeling the cars and need the correct color scheme
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domboner
by astrosa
The NJT Comet cars (and similar cars used by other railroads) are painted a metallic silver color, which over time fades to a very light gray that is dull and dirty. That's why they sometimes appear white to you. Try Floquil's Platinum Mist paint, which is the metallic silver. You'll probably want to finish off the cars with an overcoat of Testor's Dullcote, which should turn the silver into the weathered grayish color - unless, of course, you're modeling freshly painted cars.
If you'd rather work with acrylics, you'd get similar results using Polly Scale's Flat Aluminum, although it's not quite as light as Platinum Mist. Or, some modelers just start out with a very light gray (Light Undercoat Gray might work) and disguise it with weathering so it looks like it might have once been silver.
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astrosa
by Ken S.
astrosa wrote:The NJT Comet cars (and similar cars used by other railroads) are painted a metallic silver color, which over time fades to a very light gray that is dull and dirty. That's why they sometimes appear white to you. Try Floquil's Platinum Mist paint, which is the metallic silver. You'll probably want to finish off the cars with an overcoat of Testor's Dullcote, which should turn the silver into the weathered grayish color - unless, of course, you're modeling freshly painted cars.
If you'd rather work with acrylics, you'd get similar results using Polly Scale's Flat Aluminum, although it's not quite as light as Platinum Mist. Or, some modelers just start out with a very light gray (Light Undercoat Gray might work) and disguise it with weathering so it looks like it might have once been silver.
Unless he's modeling in HO then Walthers makes the NJT C2s and models of some of the Metro-North cars in the Hoboken Pool (The only usable numbers in the set are 6173 and 6178, luckly for modelers cab car 5174 has lost its name).
