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Harry Offline
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#1
03-18-2012, 03:54 PM
What color wall of Engine House?? Blue or gray or ....? [Image: smilie_085.gif]

help me and thank you

sorry my bad english :|
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03-18-2012, 04:06 PM
Hi Harry,

I assumed you meant INSIDE? Here are interior pictues of a cinder block engine house...gray.
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Harry Offline
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03-18-2012, 04:54 PM
Thank you Ralph Cheers

I mean outside. (I'm building for scale 1:220) Wink
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03-18-2012, 08:40 PM
Harry: where is the enginehouse? And how old?
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03-19-2012, 09:58 AM
Diesel, from 1950 to today ????

I have the Diesel GP7, GP9 and GP35
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03-19-2012, 10:04 AM
If it is wood construction with clap board siding then it is a safe bet that the structure was painted Oxide (Box Car) Red. Misngth
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03-19-2012, 10:28 AM
If it is a model of a prototype, a little research should give you the proper color. If it is a freelance, you could do as I did.
The engine house, and other railroad structures, are painted the same yellow as the rolling stock, and locos. ( that reduces the number of colors the railroad has to keep in stock, and, it's less expensive to purchase in bulk.)
   
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03-19-2012, 11:57 AM
Mine is a steel building and I went for beige with brown trim.


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03-19-2012, 03:58 PM
I was going to say red/red oxide , but perhaps the traditional colours in Germany were something else in 1950's + ?

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03-19-2012, 04:09 PM
Okay, my friend, now I know humble. Thumbsup

Mike, your engine at home is good. Thumbsup Cheers

Thank you for your help. Cheers
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03-19-2012, 04:12 PM
Tyson Rayles Wrote:Mine is a steel building and I went for beige with brown trim.
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03-19-2012, 04:49 PM
I put my pictures here:

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Everything with my little laser machine. Wink

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She is very good with the cutter (in conjunction with a metal ruler) to process and available in various thicknesses and dimensions, the surface (s) are usually not pure white but slightly gray, often there is a smooth and a coarse side. Commercially, they are usually offered in large formats from 70 x 100 cm (27.5 × 39.4 ") and thickness of 1 mm (850 g / m²) to 3 mm (1500 g / m²). <<<<<
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03-19-2012, 04:50 PM
Nice little structures. Of the two colors, I personally prefer the tan. Thumbsup
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03-19-2012, 05:06 PM
The stripes don't do anything for me , personally , since I think most engine houses would be more subdued in colour ...atleast any that I've seen .

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03-19-2012, 05:22 PM
For a relatively modern structure like that, blue is a great choice. For a slightly older structure, I'd use a caboose red. Once you get back earlier than that, I prefer straw yellow or a red-brown.
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