Hi all,
I'm hoping someone might know the paint mixture for Oneida and Western's Shamrock Coal mint green SD40-2s?
Here's a LINK to a photo, but it looks a little too pallid to be considered mint green, at least in my opinion, so I can't offer any mixing suggestions.
Mind you, when I hear "mint green", I think of mint leaves, which are considerably darker.
You might have some luck with a fairly vivid green, a fair amount of white, and just a touch of blue. For mixing colours, I usually use the "brushload" measurements...f'rinstance one brushload of green, then wipe the brush clean, then four or five brushloads of white, and, after again simply wiping the brush clean-ish, just a bit of blue to see where it takes you. If you fiddle around enough, colour mixing usually develops your skills, even though your first attempts may be completely off-base. The directions you need will eventually become self-apparent...I've mixed colours to match those in coloured photos, and after applying a little on the photo used, the swatch of paint is undiscernible unless viewed obliquely.
Wayne
That's Critchley's Mint Oritani mint green. If I still lived up there I'd stop by and put a colorimeter on one...
a little digging found this
Ask Paint Shop" - O&W paint scheme, Model Railroader, October 1997, page 138, answer by Marty McGuirk
Vallejo has somany colors that a close match or good starting point can be found.
SHane
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A quick look at vallejo color chart does indeed show a couple close matches. Maybe even a exact match. 70.832. as an example
Shane
Try Testors Model Master Acrylic - Duck Egg Blue. It looks like an exact match.
Rich
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