Model Railroading > Pacific Electric question

Restoring a 1" scale PERR freight motor. Questions:
1. Pantone number for the red color PE used?
2. What color was the lettering?

The motor is in the 1920-30 era.

Thanks

Have you asked the folks down at Orange Empire (OERM)? They've restored more then a couple PE cars and can probably help you.

PHall Wrote:
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> Have you asked the folks down at Orange Empire
> (OERM)? They've restored more then a couple PE
> cars and can probably help you.

Good point, will contact them. Thanks

Whel you call the museumn, ask for Dave Garcia's phone number -- he orders all the paint and is very, very knowledgable on the PE,

Tell him Ray Ballash said to call.

Ray

Just use  Scalecoat "Santa Fe Red "

original Wrote:
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> Just use  Scalecoat "Santa Fe Red "

Good idea but I want the early brick red

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CPRR Wrote:
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> Restoring a 1" scale PERR freight motor.
> Questions:
> 1. Pantone number for the red color PE used?
> 2. What color was the lettering?
>
> The motor is in the 1920-30 era.
>
> Thanks


Pantone colors (used for printing) are pretty useless for matching RR colors. Not enough to choose from. There is no Pantone number for any PE red. (At least 3 PE reds).

Lettering color varied by date painted. Check with Southern California Railway Museum was Orange Empire Ry Museum.