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| American Model Builders, Inc. - LASERkit PRESENTS BILL MESSECAR'S PAINT MIXES THE "STANDARD" FOR ATSF RR BUILDINGS |
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| BILL MESSECAR, LONG TIME SANTA FE MODELER, COMPILED THE FOLLOWING PAINT MIXES FOR ATSF BUILDINGS BASED UPON HIS RESEARCH AND MATCHES TO PROTOTYPE PAINT SAMPLES. Thank You, Bill! |
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| Site Updated: 10-11-05 |
| SANTA FE STRUCTURE COLOR MATCH FOR FLOQUIL PAINTS "OLD" FLOQUIL PAINT NUMBERS ARE IN PARENTHESES. "NEW" FLOQUIL NUMBERS START WITH AN 'F' AND ARE LABELED ON THE BOTTLES AS SHOWN BELOW. COLONIAL YELLOW (DEPOT YELLOW) 1 PART S.P. ARMOUR YELLOW (RR-13) F 110130 1 PART REEFER WHITE (RR-11) F 110011 BRONZE GREEN (TRIM) 3 PARTS PULLMAN GREEN (RR-45) F 110045 2 PARTS DARK GREEN (RR-40) F 110040 VENETIAN RED (ROOF) ZINC CHROMATE PRIMER (RR-601) F 110601 LIGHT GREEN (SOME WAYSIDE STRUCTURES - LATE) 2 PARTS LIGHT GREEN (RR-41) F 110041 3 PARTS REFFER WHITE (RR-11) F 110011 |
| OVER THE YEARS, FLOQUIL HAS CHANGED THEIR PAINT FORMULATIONS AND THEIR PRODUCT NUMBERS - BOTH THE OLD (IN PARENTHESES) AND NEW PAINT NUMBERS ARE INDICATED ABOVE. BASED UPON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, CURRENTLY (2005) THE FLOQUIL PAINTS LISTED ABOVE APPEAR TO BE CORRECT AND HAVE BEEN USED ON NUMEROUS STRUCTURES BY THIS WRITER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LIGHT GREEN. |
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