This engine interests me, but not for the usual reasons. Yes, I'm modeling TOC narrow gauge (well, slightly earlier: 1885) but in S scale. I need a few...
Darrell, None are out yet, so we can't measure 'em, but I think it has the same dimensions of the Mt Gretna engine ---if you can find a plan of it, take the...
I've got an Sn3 K-27 that's been backdated to the as-delivered 1903 Vauclain compound configuration, and is almost ready for painting. After dutifully...
Geoff, Your as-built K-27 boiler jacket is planished iron, which has the same appearance as Russia iron. (Russia iron, is in fact a form of planished iron.)...
Jim, I know this may be more for historians, but how long do you think the planished iron lasted on the K-27's before it was painted black? Mike Conder Jim...
No problem, Geoff, happy to help. The planished iron will look beautiful, too. Are you planning to do the as built scheme? I'd be very interested to see how...
Mike, I cant say for the D&RG shops, but planished iron can keep for a long time - many years, even decades - when taken care of. Painted sheet iron jackets...
I have a 1900 Master Car Painter's Association, Detroit White Lead Co book which includes a chip of "Russian Iron" paint. It includes other "jacket" paints as...
So the "Russia iron" color was desirable enough by 1900 to become a manufactured color, not only something mixed up by shops. Thats great information. What...
Mike-I'm not sure how long the plannished Iron scheme lasted. I think that by 1905 they had started to simplify the paint scheme when they began to replace...
JC, Yes, "bright red" side rods - the quote directly from the spec. On an outside frame engine it must have been amazing to see. Sorry to miss you yesterday...
In a message dated 12/5/2007 5:11:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Russia iron. Lee Rainey (can't resist a joke) ************************************** Check ...
Its not entirely a surprise, but Lee's humorous answer is correct. It generally is a medium dark gray metallic color, just a hair darker than the russian iron...
Jim wtote.... Oh, so its blue . . Jim (cant resist a joke either) Repeat after me... Grey, Not bluie, not blue, not blue Randy ,___ [Non-text portions of this...
Blue's reserved for: 1) trim of Porter engines on the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada RR 2) a coach from the same 3) big honking Schenectady passenger engines. Got...
You of course left out the small blue Brittish tank engine we all love... Are we having fun yet? Randy ... From: Jim To: TOCng@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Jim, I'm actually modeling 1905, a couple of years after delivery. By then, photos suggest that the striping was gone, the lettering was changed and, in all...
Geoff, Its great to see someone modeling the D&RG in that era, so kudos for you. On average a builder's delivery paint would last up to four years with...
Thanks JC MC zul36@... wrote: Mike-I'm not sure how long the plannished Iron scheme lasted. I think that by 1905 they had started to simplify the paint...
... Quite true. D&RG's standard gauge K-59 Mikes and P44 Pacifics came from Baldwin in 1912 and 1913 with planished iron jackets. Same for the L-62 and L-96...
Jim Eager wrote: At the very least, the war cut off supplies of Russia Iron, and painted jackets no doubt required less processing to manufacture than...
OK Randy... Remember when you loaned me your sample years ago and how I took it to my local paint shop to have it color matched? That color came out ...
Jim, Thanks for the details of the later D&RG engines with planished iron jackets. Its great to see examples. My own research has been mostly looking at the...
