The original locomotive color was painted in Dupont’s Duco lacquer finish, however, the cars were painted in DuPont Dulux, which is an AE, acrylic enamel, or back then called synthetic enamel,….I can’t say for sure, as I wasn’t there, but if the cars matched the locomotive 100%, then the formula we’ve derived in DuPont’s Chromapramier urethane, should be a reasonable authentic match,……I’m guessing in Mike’s beautiful wrap around glass shelves, that’s the Lionel Smithsonian set??….in his lighting, I see a lot of similarities in the color we derived vs. that set in similar lighting,……As Jack noted earlier, in subsequent shoppings, wreck repairs, ( one had a boiler explosion for god’s sake ) paint would’ve been obtained from whatever vendor was on the shop’s lists at that particular time ……so again, more than likely any repairs or repaints weren’t 100% exact like the original,……..I’ve done a few repaints of some of these with our derived Dupont formula, and if my internet will stop being whacky, I’ll post up some more pics…..& for those that absolutely love these new 21” cars, but hate the color, you can contact me via profile to discuss, ……I just wished they got the stripe right,…..this would be a pretty easy spray over if at least the striping was right…..
Pat
