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 Post subject: Re: Alternative Examples of the Reading's Postwar Paint Colo
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:09 pm 

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Wow, the flags on the Centuries appear to be very Scarlet-like as well and I'm now looking at Swamp Holly Orange as the contrasting safety color...


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 Post subject: Re: Alternative Examples of the Reading's Postwar Paint Colo
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:10 pm 

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Here's #216 again, this time using Sunoco Yellow as the reference color...


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 Post subject: Re: Alternative Examples of the Reading's Postwar Paint Colo
PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:47 pm 

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I don't know about you guys but I've been having a little trouble believing Milwaukee Red and Lehigh Valley Tuscan Red are the same color since on the MILW, it tends to appear much brighter and redder in many photos like here on MILW #30, a 1947 Dodge hi-railer that apparently still remains in its original Milwaukee paint job...


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 Post subject: Re: Alternative Examples of the Reading's Postwar Paint Colo
PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:09 pm 

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Another thing I've been having a little trouble with is conflating DuPont 64529 Chevy Truck Cape Maroon and 81371 Dodge Truck Rio Maroon. I'm not sure exactly why this is happening but maybe because they're so very close to each other.

Now, if we're all remembering right, 5505 is the listed DuPont code for both the Pennsy's sixties Tuscan Red and the modern Twin Cities & Western's maroon.

You guys don't know how happy and relieved I am that I found this picture and was able to do a fairly positive dual chip match with it. Pretty much confirms we're on the right track now with the lighter maroons. If I would make the chips slightly darker like it seems I should, then it could be Cape Maroon instead of Rio Maroon...


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 Post subject: Re: Alternative Examples of the Reading's Postwar Paint Colo
PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:24 am 

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HMMMM, I just might have to settle on Dodge Truck Rio Maroon...


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