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Haevyweight interior
Haevyweight interior
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Philcal
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June 2002
From: montgomery,Alabama
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Posted by
Philcal
on Saturday, December 24, 2005 7:14 PM
Interior colors in the heavyweight era were probably pretty tame by today's standards. A lot of how the interior is painted will depend on you, but generally, a light green is pretty close to railroad practice. Seats were usually plush, and a darker shade of green would be pretty accurate. Brown and a deep red would also be possibilities. I've got a Branchline heavyweight, 14 section sleeper. Light green is the color for walls. Darker green for the "plush" seats, and a medium brown for the aisle. Looks good to me.
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wjstix
Member since
February 2002
From: Mpls/St.Paul
13,892 posts
Posted by
wjstix
on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 4:03 PM
Light green was the most common color for the interiors of passenger cars (esp. heavyweights), cabooses, and locomotive cabs.
Passenger car seats were often green plush, but red wasn't uncommon. As a modeller I like the seats to be a contrasting color from the rest of the interior.
You could search the web for an MP historical society website or something similar and ask there, I'm sure they'd know.
Stix
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:00 AM
No, it's just a 80 feet haevyweight coach.
Anyway thank you for your help.
Bye
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ndbprr
Member since
September 2002
7,486 posts
Posted by
ndbprr
on Friday, November 11, 2005 3:56 PM
Is it a Pullman car? If so the green may be the correct color. Pullman green is between pine green and khaki green in color.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Haevyweight interior
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, November 11, 2005 9:33 AM
Hi everybody
I recently purchased a MoPac Branchline heavyweight pass. car but I don't know how to paint the interior and particularly the seats (I don't like the "default " green plastic).
Any help is welcome!
Bye
Davide
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