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Twin Cities & Western Paint Colors

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Twin Cities & Western Paint Colors
Posted by cedarwoodron on Sunday, March 5, 2017 9:51 AM

What are the names of the Twin Cities & Western paint colors and what suppliers are available?

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Sunday, March 5, 2017 10:38 AM

Don't know which forum he is on now, but a few years ago modeler "Dakota Branch" painted a unit for his HO scale "Sioux Junction Railroad".

http://dakotabranch.net/tag/twin-cities-and-western/

The colors appear very similar to what was used on the Wisconsin Central.

TC & W:  http://www.railpictures.net/photo/593123/

WC:  http://condrenrails.com/WC/images/WC-7498-7-17-05.jpg

Tru Color Paints formula #117 is Wisconsin Central Maroon.

 

 

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Posted by cedarwoodron on Sunday, March 5, 2017 12:34 PM

The Wisconsin Central maroon may be a given, as Minnesota state colors are maroon and "gold" but I found the gold was more of a refrigerator car "yellow" when I painted a U of Minnesota agricultural research boxcar a few years ago and tried to emulate the university colors. 

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