01-29-2012, 04:44 PM
I agree with you on the designer names for paint colours, but, in a way, we suffer from the same problem with model railroad paint colours. Just because a paint is called Santa Fe Freight Car Brown doesn't necessarily mean that it's correct for a Santa Fe freight car - it may be or not, but it may also be correct for some other road's freight cars or depots or whatever. Too many people seem to see only the name when they should be looking at the colour.
I'm also puzzled by those who claim to have "no sense of colour" (those who are colour-blind needn't comment
): they may not be able to mix a desired colour, but I can't believe that when given a number of options, with only one being a true match, that they can't either select the right one or, if the graduations between the options are very fine, at least pick something close.
Likewise, limiting our choices to model railroad paint also limits our options. Many of the paints designed with other hobbies in mind (or other uses, as Jeffrey has so capably demonstrated) have applications in model railroading: a good example is the acrylic paints designed for clear plastic racing car models, as it's a tough, flexible paint with good adhesion properties, ideal for painting Delrin and other acetal plastics which are often used for model railroading detail parts.
Wayne
I'm also puzzled by those who claim to have "no sense of colour" (those who are colour-blind needn't comment
): they may not be able to mix a desired colour, but I can't believe that when given a number of options, with only one being a true match, that they can't either select the right one or, if the graduations between the options are very fine, at least pick something close. Likewise, limiting our choices to model railroad paint also limits our options. Many of the paints designed with other hobbies in mind (or other uses, as Jeffrey has so capably demonstrated) have applications in model railroading: a good example is the acrylic paints designed for clear plastic racing car models, as it's a tough, flexible paint with good adhesion properties, ideal for painting Delrin and other acetal plastics which are often used for model railroading detail parts.
Wayne