Brunswick Green for CNW Falcon Units

[Anonymous]

Hey all,
Just got a pair of CNW "Falcon Service" SD units and want to know if Brunswick Green would be suitable for the side hand rails? Anyone know of another color and/or company that offers a paint that would work? Any help would be appreciated. Looking forward to adding CNW units on runthrough service on Chessie's Michigan Divsion.
Thanks in advance for the help!
- john

[Anonymous]

Brunswick Green has been described as "a gallon of black with a drop of green added." It's a really dark color, much darker than the dark green used by CNW. But, to my eye, the CNW green offered by Badger or Modelflex is too light. I think Floquil dark green is pretty much on target. If you're talking about metal handrails, that's what I'd use. If they're engineering plastic, I would use an acrylic like Modelflex CNW Green, but darken it a bit with black. The Fallen Flags and C&NW Historical Society websites have lots of good color imagse of CNW locos to judge by.

[Anonymous]

I used Scalecoat CNW green on mine, and thought it was a pretty good match.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll test out the Floquil dark green and see how that matches up Five Rings. I have a great image of one of the Falcon units that I am going to use as a guide for detailing and weathering. Gray, was that Scalecoat used on metal or plastic, and did you use an airbrush? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

I can weigh in with my experience with Scalecoat CNW green. It's close to the Floquil dark green, but appears to me to have a blue tinge to it. You might want to paint swatches with the greens you're considering, and compare them against the green you're trying to match. One word of caution -- be sure to paint the greens over the same primer or other undercoat color you'll paint the green over on your model. That can make a big difference in the end result.

I have had very good results in airbrushing Floquil and Scalecoat on wood, metal and styrene, but poor adhesion with both brands on engineering plastics (the types used in producing "flexible" handrails). Acrylics like Badger and Modelflex (also airbrushed) have held much better for me on engineering plastic.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by madrize

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll test out the Floquil dark green and see how that matches up Five Rings. I have a great image of one of the Falcon units that I am going to use as a guide for detailing and weathering. Gray, was that Scalecoat used on metal or plastic, and did you use an airbrush? Just curious.

John, I used the Scalecoat One (primarily for metal) because that color wasn't available in the Scalecoat II (for plastics) at the time, although now I think it is. I've had good results using both formulas on the Athearn metal handrails, and I did use an airbrush.

[raynbecky]

I use Polly Scale C&NW green myself. Depending on the bottle I sometimes darken it with a couple of drops of black. (Just a couple is all you need.) I have painted quite a few C&NW units with this formula. I use their yellow but add orange to it too. I usually add about 5-10 drops depending on the effect I'm after. To match the Walthers 100 Ton Trinity car I had to use 10 drops of orange. That car was too orange. The last run of these cars they yellow is a couple of shades lighter. It looks more correct too. You only need about 4-5 drops of orange for a bottle to match that paint. :>