This might be a dumb or even a very dumb question but here it goes anyway.
I need an idiots guide to paint matching !
Personally I go to the websites that sell paint for our beloved trains of any scale or type to seek out paint that either matches or comes pretty ding dang close. Some places it has on there that it will match this item or these items. Others just have numbers then some just have the name of the color. That’s all fine and dandy but for me personally and maybe it is just me but 2328 silver is that the same silver for the 2343 ? Then what about that yellow stipe on a 2343 ? Is it 2023 yellow or 2365 yellow or any of the other several yellows out there. Yes I am going to attempt to redo a set of 2343’s. I would love to think that I am not the only one who has the issue but if I am I guess that I am just an odd duck that needs direction. I would think that a system could be done up either by years, this color fits ? or this color is a generic color. There’s got to be something. Thank you for entertaining me on this.
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You’re not dumb. It’s hard to match colors using screens. Try Hennings: http://henningstrains.com/CollectorColor.html. If you tell them what you want the paint for they’ll set you up with the correct match.
Becky
You know, I would assume that Lionel didn’t change their silver or yellow for different issues of essentially the same product, considering they were buying paint by the barrel. They were making toys after all, not super-scale-detailed models. But then again I may be assuming too much. “Penny Trains” advice is good. So’s Henning’s service, I’ve had the fun priveledge of visiting the shop a number of times. Great people!
My first response would be to advise not to repaint a 2343 (Santa Fe). Perhaps post a picture of them in their current condition. Where did they come from (family, Christmas, ebay, etc.)?
Theses are definatly going to need a repaint looks like they had something splilled on them and it turned some of the red into pink and ate the decals off then faded the silver and yellow and black stripes. Some of the striping is more of a see through than a solid color. I just got these in on a trade and thought I would try my hand at repainting them.
Suprisingly not all of the paints they used seem to be the same. I tryed a couple of differant silvers and yellows and they deffinatly do not match.
I will have to talk to Harry.