Pre-WWII the cars were Pullman with gold lettering (and no REA diamond herald, IIRC). By the late 1940's they were a dark green, with no olive tone. I checked that Railway Express Modeler group, and one post mentioned Vic Roseman's suggestion of "Floquil dark green 110040 and a "few" drops of SP Scarlet red/orange". Since Vic was not specifically matching the Kinsman car, I don't know if that is a workable formula, but it might be a start. "Hunter green" was also mentioned, but that is usually too dark in my opinion.
Hope this is of some help. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 6/26/12, Thomas Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, > > I know what you mean: When I assembled an ALL-NATION O-gauge > box car kit, the directions recommended Weyerhauser > Green. It wasn't even available back then. The > car was an M&StL green box car. Later, having > moved into S, I adapted two AM box cars and luckily had a > bottle of Weyerhauser Green for way back when, and it hadn't > hardened or caked up. > > I picked up a Great Northern express refrigerator already > assembled but from way back when. Of course, that is > not your REA refrigerator car, but it appears to be Pullman > green. That is what I would shoot for if I were you, > and you'll probably be right. > > Tom > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] > on behalf of drgw223 [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} Railway Express Agency Green Paint > > Hi guys, > > I've been busy assembling an old Kinsman Express Reefer kit > lettered for Railway Express and was wondering what would be > a good color match for the green car sides. The old > Kinsman kits had silk screened car sides but required you to > paint the ends a matching color. Kinsman provided a > list of colors that at the time were standard Floquil > colors, but over the years Floquil has discontinued many of > their paint colors. The kit references a color called > "boxcar green". Anyone have any idea as to what would > be a good color match? > > Thanks, > > Bob Frascella > Wenham, MA ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
