Went to a model train flea market today and pickup some Branchline trains heavyweight Pullman kits for a very good price $20 CAD tax included. Now i got a chance to open them and seen the instructions. They are very nicely detail and very well package. The only thing I notice is they don't really mention on how you should paint the interior of the passenger cars. Anyone got any information on what the interior color or paint scheme would be for those heavyweight cars?
Also I scored a complete set of Fox Valley model Passenger cars for only seventy five dollars... couldn't believe how cheap people were letting things go at... wish i brought more cash or i would have walked away with that G scale mallet that was on sale for 500 dollars lol
With a lot of digging, you might be able to find the correct information. The Pullman historical group in Chicago might be able to help. However, that might be more work than necessary since those interiors are so hard to see clearly anyway. For the most part, the walls tended to be heavy on earth tones. The earlier cars had a pretty fair amount of natural wood.
Tom
Tom makes a good point about the earth-tones. Upholstery in maroon or dark green.
I suggest you use a little of the money you saved and start your Pullman library with these two books which can be found from new and/or used book sellers at very reasonable cost.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760318573/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=
And...
https://www.amazon.com/Cars-Pullman-Joe-Welsh/dp/0785832394/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S920014QMGHAG7Y0CDP1
There are quite a few color renditions and photos of restored heavyweights. Plus lots of information on Pullman operations and history.
Good Luck,
Ed
The "default" color for the interior of most anything railroad related - engine cabs, caboose interiors, depots, passenger cars, roundhouses etc. - would be a light grayish green, sometimes called "Industrial Green". Tamiya "Cockpit Green" is pretty close. But any fairly light / pastel color would probably work, especially if you don't intend to add lights to the cars.
One thing that you can readily see through the windows, but is often omitted, is the antimacassars. These are the coverings on the top part of the seats, kinda like a white towel that was put down each day when preparing the car for service. It originally was to keep men's "Macassar", a popular hair tonic 100+ years ago, from rubbing off on the top part of the seat. I generally just use white paint, to the top 1/8" or so of each seat is white.
Mheetu Anyone got any information on what the interior color or paint scheme would be for those heavyweight cars?
Anyone got any information on what the interior color or paint scheme would be for those heavyweight cars?
The Yahoo Passenger Car List has a document in their files describing this for Pullman pool service cars. If a car was in assigned service, I suspect the assigned (assignee?) railroad might have had some alternate preferences.
I will summarize:
The dark brown/wood interior dropped out about 1926. Likely that earlier period is not of interest.
From 1926 to 1938:
Walls, partitions, headboards ceilings: light sage green with imitation gold striping
Upholstery: sections--medium sage green
Floors: carpets deeper medium green, passageways and rest rooms med. Brown Jaspe (jaspe means mottled--who knew?)
From 1938 to 1950:
Walls, partitions, headboards, ceilings: Pastel green (medium lettuce) or Pastel peach
Upholstery: Emerald green or Royal blue or Rust
Floors: carpets match upholstery, linoleum also