DM&IR Yellowstone paint colors

[oldline1]

I believe the DM&IR merely painted the boiler jackets gray on the Yellowstones and some other engines. I'm pretty certain they weren't Russia Iron.

oldline1

[gmpullman]

Hello, Mr. Clark 

I had been following threads by member Antonio FP45 here and on other forums regarding his techniques with a product called Alclad 2.

I took the plunge about a year ago as I had some HO passenger cars that I wanted to apply as close to a stainless steel finish as possible.

If you have basic airbrushing skills you can use Alclad and get good results. My first trial with the process resulted in a too dark finish for my taste, but this would probably have been perfect for your Russian metal.

Kato_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

 

I used too dark of an undercoat (Scalecoat NYC Dark Gray) and I used "Stainless Steel" Alclad but should have used chrome. I stripped it and re-shot it with a lighter base coat and the chrome Alclad.

The Alclad must be sealed with their clear coat. In my case I was applying decals and I wanted a clean passenger car look but you might want to use a slightly flatter clear coat.

IMG_9808_fix2 by Edmund, on Flickr

IMG_9927_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

The pigments used in the Alclad are very fine and produce an excellent metallic finish.

http://alclad2.com/

 Here's a Kadee PS-1 that I'm painting to represent one of ten aluminum express cars the Nickel Plate Road had:

NKP_Express2 by Edmund, on Flickr

This is the Scalecoat 2 NYC light gray base coat.

And after the Alclad 2:

NKP_Express4 by Edmund, on Flickr

Good Luck, Ed

[mbinsewi]

Welcome.  I guess eveyone missed your post!  Lots of steam guys on here, someone will see this and help you out.

Russian iron, I had to search and check it out.  Starts out as a smooth shiny black finish that doesn't chip or crack when it's bent.

Seems like it was a big favorite here in the US for steam engine boilers.

Looks like the locomotive in your picture might just be a bit faded.

See if this link works, it's a discussion about russian iron from 2007

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/107697.aspx

If not, maybe copy and paste.

Mike.

[Lewis A. Clark]

I am lookling to rework an AHM Big Boy I have recently acquired into a DM&IR Yellowstone. What paints would work best to duplicate the "Russian Iron" gray boiler jacket seen in color photographs. I prefer Scalecoat II, but if another brand in more accurate then so be it. Any suggestions would be welcomed.