Pullman Green...post Pollyscale

[sizemore]

In attempts to search lead to 73 million things "Pullman" or "Pullman Green" takes me all over the board. Both the Modelflex and Pollyscale Pullman Greens when dry/sealed look faded to my eye. Wondering what acrylics others might be using, possibly in the AK, MIG or Vallejo paint lines?

Thanks,
The S.

[nickelplate759]

I use TruColor

[nkalanaga]

My first question would be "Which 'Pullman Green'?"  The GN's Empire Builder Pullman Green looks nothing like many roads' heavyweight Pullman Green.

[sizemore]

I use TruColor

Have they released a acrylic line? I've seen the "high-test" stuff, acrylic is easier on the fumes/cleanup which is the big concern.

My first question would be "Which 'Pullman Green'?"  The GN's Empire Builder Pullman Green looks nothing like many roads' heavyweight Pullman Green.

Leaning towards the "generalist" color, assuming "Pullman Green" by the vendors is somewhat proprietary to "Pullman" since its a named color. What I think "Pullman Green" is a dark rich color, sometimes "olive" other times leaning towards "Brunswick Green" hue depending on the film manufacture, light, exposure, planetary alignment, space-time continuum etc. And we know how everyone screams about the latter. Was trying to see what others might be using.

Since the OP, I picked up MIG's ATOM Dark Olive Drab to see how close it is to what I think the color might be. See what happens.

The S.

[Frank Amato]

Good call @sizemore , ATOM paint is a great product!  Follow up with some weathering and you're good to go.

[sizemore]

Haven’t had a chance to spray it yet, but appreciate that it acts like a lacquer while being acrylic. I was able to put a smattering of color on a swatch and it’s almost spot on to my “Pullman Green” Reading GP’s by Atlas.

Thought this was a good read in my “research”: https://utahrails.net/pass/pullman-green.html

The S.

[nkalanaga]

From that UtahRails article, it appears that GN's "Pullman Green", which has a distinctly brownish tint, may be closer to the original than I thought.

[sizemore]

From that UtahRails article, it appears that GN's "Pullman Green", which has a distinctly brownish tint, may be closer to the original than I thought.

Yeah pretty interesting how all the colors we associate with railroads and automobiles are just "standard" Dupont colors. What is even more interesting is that GM has controlling interest in Dupont the same colors you'd see on the rails would be the same colors you'd see on the streets.

If you want an even more interesting read (all 86 pages): https://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44048

The S.

[nkalanaga]

The GN "Empire Builder" scheme came from EMD, before the streamliner was ever thought of.  So it's possible that the colors were off-the-shelf.  I always wondered why a railroad with no connection to Nebraska (that I know of) used "Omaha Orange".

[sizemore]

The GN "Empire Builder" scheme came from EMD, before the streamliner was ever thought of.  So it's possible that the colors were off-the-shelf.  I always wondered why a railroad with no connection to Nebraska (that I know of) used "Omaha Orange".

Probably a common color since "orange" was used for visibility for road signs and safety applications starting around the turn of the century even for railroads. When you get to the streamliner era, probably more-so for marketing, and visual appeal. Same reasons all sports cars are rich, deep or vibrant colors.

The S.