Pullman Green as applied by the NZR was a variety of colours ranging from the traditional American dark green to an olive green. I was told that it depended on...
Did you go the whole nine yards, ie, finished with coats of clear varnish and lined out in Chrome Yellow (originally gold leaf), with white lead roof? Peter ...
A short time I requested advice on replacement motors for Unimat lathe. To close the story I picked up the repaired motor today. $174 for new bushes and skim...
The NZR&LS Archives hold a Sherwin Williams railroad paint sample book from early C20. The Pullman Green swatch (tipped-in paint, not printed) appears black in...
Hi Kevin So, is the moral of this tale to be; Paint it whatever we think looks right, because that's what the prototype did? Regards Woody of Whangas ... From:...
Precisely Kevin. And knowing how the paint was mixed by the painters then of course no two batches were ever the same anyway. And then the weather played its...
Paint colour has always been variable, even today with all the synthetics and technology I think most paint suppliers still advise on using the same batch for...
“Pullman” green as used in the US was apparently a mix of yellow and black pigments. What I haven’t established is the yellow pigments originally used -...
Hi, You may have seen a similar question a short time back, but that was for as to what they where, now I need to be able to read and undstand how to work...
Hello Blackie, I don't profess much expertise in this but my understanding is that the profiles give the radii in chains. Yes I know that depending on the age...
Its definitely NOT the curve in degrees as is sometimes used as a curve measure. In that case the number would mean the change of direction per 100 feet of...
Multiply the radius in chains by 20.12 to get curve radius in meters ie 80 chain = 1609 m (also 1760 yards) John ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
It's easier to stay with the units used at the time of building and shown on the original plans. ... From: John Yolland To: nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I doubt whether a train simulator would take input in chains. If program origins are in USA probably feet or meters. What are the input units Blackie? John ......
Max, The link to the USA article about track and curves is not very helpful for those in NZ. Track is not measured in that way and the terminology is ...
All true I mentioned curves as measured in degrees simply because this appeared as a potential confusion in the questions of the original poster and on the...
Hi John, Thank you for your response and to answer your question, the software I am using is Auran's Trainz 2006 Simulator and the choice of input can be...
Hi All, Thanks to all who responded to my request. They have been all been well received. I am howe-ever open to any further discussion on the matter. Have a...
Could we kindly stomp on this particular modellers' myth please. The Pullman Green used by NZGR was _not_ mixed by NZGR's painters. It was bought in from the...
This is slightly at odds with a first hand account of actual workshop practice, at least at the end of the Pullman Green era, viz: Working Life 1—Memories of...
A difficulty that some modellers have with 'Pullman Green' is that its dark drab colour is downright unpleasant (unvarnished), and it would take a brave soul...
Peter I have Dj prints from the first few months in service. If you need them I could scan them. Must also take some shots of my 4 Dj models; 2 pink, red and...
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nz_railchat/files/Dolly%20Pegs/ Has anyone else seen these at a $2 shop? I have found them useful for the use as shown...
Gidday Peter It's quite possible that in later years NZGR purchased the pigment in cake form, rather than ground in oil. There were a lot of changes to ...
Interesting how these threads drift… Kevin, I was interested in your suggestion that the earth pigments used on goods stock was possibly a limonite base. The...
How do I contribute articles and photo's to the NZ Model Railway Journal. I have built up a few station files that could be of interest to other modellers. ...
Gidday Mike Any material sent to the Guild at PO Box 180116, Luckens Point, Waitakere 0663 will find its way to me. Note that you must have copyright clearance...
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