Trailer Train Brown Paint

[garethashenden]

Does anyone have any recommendations for TTX brown paint? It’s “boxcar red” but that’s such an nebulous term I’m hoping someone has something more specific.

[amato1969]

Ooh, this is like the olive drab discussions the armor guys get into...

It kinda depends on if you're looking at a factory-fresh car, or an older more-weathered car.

I have used Badger/Modelflex shades of oxide red for my TTX flush-deck paint jobs --- Light Tuscan Oxide for new cars, Dark Tuscan Oxide for older cars.

  Frank

[garethashenden]

Red oxide primer tends to be my go-to for this shade of thing, but it looks too red for this application. I may have some PRR Tuscan, I’ll see if that hasn’t dried up I’ll try that.

[nkalanaga]

Since the PRR was a major influence on Trailer Train in the early years, I wouldn't be surprised if the color is PRR Tuscan.  If that's the case, Scalecoat might have a matching paint.  They've been around since the color was in use.