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OK guys me again Does anybody know what color red the erie rr used to paint there caboose,s around 1950 want to repaint a bay window into erie colors. cant find any erie bay windows so I,ll try and paint one from a kit. Iv sent off for the decales. yes im color blind. The ones i rode in with my father were all road dirt color.And does any modeling company make a dunmore erie caboose. been looking but havent found any Thanks for any help
 

PWRR-2207

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Another link for paint mixing if your line colors are not available pre-mixed:

www.RailFonts.com - Floquil Master
copyright of Benjamin Coifman

His preface has some great tips and here are the colors he recommended for Erie RR:

Erie Railroad
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Yellow
4 parts [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]Accu-Paint[/FONT][/FONT] 24 EL Yellow
1 part [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]Accu-Paint [/FONT][/FONT]1 Stencil White

Maroon
6 parts [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]Accu-Paint [/FONT][/FONT]36 Engine Maroon
1 part [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]Accu-Paint [/FONT][/FONT]2 Stencil Black

Gray
4 parts [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]Accu-Paint [/FONT][/FONT]48 EL Gray
1 part [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]Accu-Paint [/FONT][/FONT]1 Stencil White

Gold [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]
Accu-Paint
[/FONT]
[/FONT]22 Imitation Gold

(running gear) Black [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica]
Accu-Paint
[/FONT]
[/FONT]2 Stencil Black
 
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