PRCo PCC Colors

[brathke at juno.com]

Fred,

You're correct...until we find proof that the railroads (and PRC) had
paint policemen stationed at regular intervals along their lines, ready
to pull a box car or trolley out of service if its paint had deteriorated
from its original hue since it was placed in service:-)

Bob 9/12

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:07:31 -0400 Frederick J Sauerburger MD
<fjsmd at mindspring.com> writes:
> Ed Lybarger wrote:
>   But remember that the color appearance can be affected by the
> >lighting and by reflections, etc.
> 
> Gentlemen,
> This prompted me to pull out the post I made during a similar 
> discussion on
> the East Broad Top list:
> 
> Yo! Rivet-counters and Tint-tainters!
> 
> I don't know much about prototypes, but I'm always amused by 
> discussions of
> color on models.  I do remember air-brushing several structures and 
> cars
> under the standard fluorescent tube in my spray booth,--then almost
> becoming apoplectic when I looked at the model in daylight, on the 
> way to a
> MER meeting, and then again under incandescent light in my family 
> room, and
> AGAIN in the fluorescent light of a contest room.  All were 
> different!
> Also, the Ferroequinological estheticians are now saying that the 
> smaller
> the scale, the "gray-er" or "more pale" the colors should be since 
> with a
> small model such as "N" scale one is theoretically looking through 
> more air
> or atmosphere at a set viewing distance than with an "O" scale 
> model, and
> the more air between you and the item, the grayer it looks.  (i.e. 
> distant
> mountains are gray vs closer ones.)
> Now someone described his PRR models being critiqued for shade of 
> red by a
> former PRR employee.  By definition, this guy has to be a geezer 
> (defined
> as anyone my age or older) and is looking at things through older 
> eyes.
> The crystalline lens in the eye becomes more yellow with age and 
> eventually
> turns brown (cataract).  So this guy is comparing his memory of 
> "true"
> color through the clear lenses of a 40-something KID with his 
> current
> perception of a model's color through his geezer eyes.  Unless he 
> has had
> cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation with a 
> UV-absorbing
> implant, what he is doing, is looking at things through the 
> equivalent of a
> pair of yellow-brown glasses.
> 
> Sooo... When people critique color, I want to ask them:  Under what 
> light:
> Incandescent? Fluorescent cool white? Warm white? Ott-light true 
> color?
> Daylight? 3200K?  3600K?  etc. etc.
> 
> ...And by this time, I feel like saying WHO CARES! Paint it RED. 
> Make it
> look good to you!
> 
> Stepping down from the soapbox and back into lurking,
> 
> Fred
> PRys, West Penn, and EBT.....near Annapolis
> 
> 
> 
> So, Fire away!
> The Grateful Fred
> 
> 
> 
> 

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