I have been following the series of articles in CTT about building the classic Lionel layout, the Feb. 2013 issue goes into painting details however the color specs of the four different colors are left out. I am lousy with choosing colors can anyone enlighten me as to the colors used in the article? Thanks! I am wishing to do the same thing to my layout.
Looks like you're off to a great start on your layout, 67FLH! While I'd love to be able to provide an exact formulation for the paints we used in out D-146 project layout effort, our selection was, well, accidental.
When it comes time for a paint project at the office or on my home layout, I simple make a trip my local Home Depot and select a brown or green latex paint color from the limited collection of Oops cans -- discounted cans of paint that were either dented or custom-mixed to the dissatisfaction of the customer. In most cases the muddy colors don't have a name or matching swatch.
If you prefer to buy a new can of paint, simply pick up a few brown or green color swatches and take them home to confirm they'll look pleasing under your layout lighting. Conversely, some modern paint suppliers have the tools to scan and match colors from any swatch you provide -- even colors printed on the pages of Classic Toy Trains magazine!
Looking forward to seeing more photos of your layout!
Kent
My kind of layout!
Here's my interpretation of the colors the CTT team used on the project layout: "Earth Brown" = Tan; "Grass Green" = Pastel Green; "Lighter shade of grass green" = add some white to the grass green; "Gray" = Gray.
The colors don't have to be spot on by any means. Kent's suggestion to buy "oops" cans is a good one.
Pete
"You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light." - Edward Abbey -
Accidental .......do you mean to tell me that your staff did not spend hours picking out the proper shadesof colors for this series , in all honesty I liked your answer and especially your suggestion to purchase "oops" cans of paint, paint has gotten pricey and I really do not need to spend top dollar on a lot of paint that will for the most part be setting around in a can, I am hoping I can buy quarts. Again thanks and when I get further along with my layout I will up date the pics.
I notice that you put homasote on your table top. I think that's a wise move. Whenever you start running trains, I would appreciate your posting your thoughts on how well it works to reduce noise. Also, when you post more pictures, I would really like to see an overall view showing all of the track. Thanks for you time and trouble.
George.
As I have never had a train table that was not covered with homosote I really cannot comment on the noise reduction aspects but I have to believe it cannot hurt. As you can see I am missing some switches, bumpers and a couple of UCS devices, the outside curve is 042 and the inner 031, all of the switches I will be using will be manual.
Thank you, 67. Looks like you can run a train on the outside loop and simultaneusly do some switching on the inside. That's really well thought out.
George
Here is how I did the ballast for my project, I used spray paint. Rustoleum Textured in grey color, its a bit of work but I was pretty pleased.
Starting to lay the track now.
It all looks good. I used those 3R ties and I was very pleased with the effect. I would like to see pictures when you get the buildings and other stuff in place.
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