Interior colors for Heavyweights were very conservative. White or cream for the walls/ceilings and dark green or a dark burgandy red for the seats and sofas. Personally I prefer Red Cap line for my interiors
Charlie
Thank you for your detailed article. I am doing exactly the same thing to my athern HW passenger cars. Can I ask what scale figures did you use for the ihc coach car. When I tried to use HO scale 1/87 figues, the seats seem to close to allow the figures legs and or feet to fit and the figures can’t sit all the way down. Did you us 1/100 scale?
Thank you,
Brian
To repeat a suggestion I made in another thread re interior colors - while there really aren’t color photos of most pre '50’s lines and liveries, look for the railroad advertisements of the times. These were always printed in color, allowing the graphic artists of the day free rein in extolling the beauty and comfort of the line - and providing us with the sought after color schemes.