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Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello all,

So I model Santa Fe. I have no good reason for this other than the first model train I ever had, as a wee lad, was a Santa Fe and that yellow and blue sceme made an imprint on my brain somehow. None the less, I am looking for a good Santa Fe yellow and I’m having trouble finding this color of paint. Floquil has a BASF yellow, but it doesn’t seem to match. I have a GP-38 that I want to put sun visors on and I need to paint them the right color. Do you know of some paint that is ideal for this task?

Kevin

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Kevin,

The acrylic version of Floquil is Pollyscale - both made by Testors. I’ve seen colors in one that aren’t in the other. Scalecoat Paint would be another paint source to look into.

Tom

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Okay. Thanks Tom.

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Badger’s Modelflex (acrylic -water based) paint lists SF yellow as #16-33. They have other SF colors as well. Due to shipping costs, it pays to order a few bottle of paint.