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locked Southern Ps4 4-6-2 Crescent Paint Question
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Ray Bedard <tczephyr@...>
I'm in the process of painting a Ps4 4-6-2 in the Crescent Ltd green. Does anyone have any suggestions on what brand and what green best represents the prototype?
Thanks, RAY
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Curt Fortenberry
The best SR green, that never starts an argument here ;-) Could ask over on the SR modeling group too. ModelingTheSouthern@... Curt Fortenberry
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My choice is Scale Coat Southern Green, I for brass and II for plastic Fenton
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 11:44 AM Curt Fortenberry <curtfortenberry@...> wrote:
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Jeffrey Thompson
First time posting. Hello to all.
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Agree with Southern Scalecoat I for brass and II for plastic. Experimenting with Trucolor greens now. Most of these are Scalecoat and variation seems to be with different amounts of clear and dull coats.  Jeff Thompson
On Feb 18, 2021, at 12:48 PM, O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> wrote:
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Jeff:
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Nice set of Southern Green on display.
Mike Roderick
On Feb 18, 2021, at 14:18, Jeffrey Thompson <jhtmd1@...> wrote:
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jackvaradi
Fenton, Beautiful collection of SRR Steam! Didn't see the F-1. Thanks, Jack
On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 02:18:56 PM EST, Jeffrey Thompson <jhtmd1@...> wrote:
First time posting. Hello to all. Agree with Southern Scalecoat I for brass and II for plastic. Experimenting with Trucolor greens now. Most of these are Scalecoat and variation seems to be with different amounts of clear and dull coats.  Jeff Thompson On Feb 18, 2021, at 12:48 PM, O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> wrote:
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Unfortunately that's not my beautiful collection of Southern locos
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George Courtney
Jeff,
In your Southern Passenger loco lineup, are any PS-3's? I would guess next to your beautiful, 1380. Sheer dumb curiousity.
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Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton
Ray, sorry to be slow in answering.
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The finishing practices for steam engines changed in 1934 and I don't think any of the special lettered Crescent Limited engines were repainted in the new style before the train was discontinued. The old scheme was provided with gold leaf lining and striping and the whole engine varnished before it went into service; the later scheme used an enamel-type finish with striping and lettering painted on using imitation gold and the varnish coat was left off. T The varnish is what made the difference; the older colour is sometimes referred to as "Virginia Green" and reportedly appeared slightly darker than the later colour. Dupont colours were used in both styles and, as far as I can tell after the thick end of ninety years, the basic shade of green didn't change significantly as the paint name stayed the same. Varnish of the period tended to be a deep amber colour which acted as a sort of filter on the reflected light, resulting in a rather deeper and richer finish then the bare enamel paint. In full size work you can still achieve this look by using yacht varnish over the top coat, but the very thin coat you would need for model work would lose much of the effect. If you can get Scalecoat paints ( we haven't seen them in these parts for many years and my last bottle has now passed on) then a little dab of reddish brown added to their Southern green will get you some of the way. Aidrian
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 4:38 PM Ray Bedard <tczephyr@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Jeffrey Thompson
George,
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No Ps-3 engines in the line-up. Only Ps-4s. Jeff
On Mar 1, 2021, at 8:39 PM, George Courtney via groups.io <gsc3@...> wrote:
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