[nickco201]

thought I'd post under the live steam section because the paint is to be used on a 7.5 inch gauge locomotive. Does anyone know the correct color match for Southern RR green paint as used on their passenger locomotives?
- Thanks
Andrew

 

[zephyra]

Not sure if you can find this 'off the shelf' but a technique I've used is to send a sample of the paint I want matched to a company such as http://www.match-it.net/ or http://www.paintscratch.com/. They will prepare a custom mix and guarantee that it will match. I ussed paintscratch.com to match paints on an Aster 232 U1 and was very pleased with the results.

Robert

 

[rbednarik]

Rustoleum High Performance Enamel in a Hunter Green gloss is the closest match you can get for off the shelf for SRR green. Other than that, getting a paint sample from the Southern Historical society and sending it to PPG or Paintscratch is your best bet.

 

[Bill4373]

if you have a color that you want, most auto supply stores have an instrument that can match the color. For example, if you bought a red car 4 years ago, the factory red color has faded a little bit due to the weather; the instrument measures the change and will give a paint sample that now matches the color of your car. I imagine they could match the color of any engine, car, etc.