I am certain that this has been covered before and is in your archives, but I have some trouble navigating the site and so am asking again. Is there a close match for this color available?
I had a 238 E damaged in shipping and need to touch up the epoxy I used to repair the damage as best I could. Thanks in advance. (Except for a tiny chip that got lost in some of the bubble wrap, the repair turned out pretty well. I'll post some pictures tomorrow after the epoxy has set up overnight.)
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I'm not sure how well it matches, but Henning's trains sells restoration paint for trains. They have a light gunmetal and a dark. Not sure which it would be.
I suggest that you post a photo of the existing finish. Some of them were fairly glossy and that will affect what you could use to match.
Of course. I have to show off the repair, don't I? I left it overnight at the clock shop so as not to be tempted to keep picking it up while the epoxy cures. I'll go get it after breakfast.
The epoxy that I used is called "Double-Bubble and comes in small foil packets the you fold over and then mix together. It starts to set in five minutes. My son-in-law uses it in his clock shop. As you see, it dries clear and seems to have salvaged my shell. (Although it would have been better if I'd found the small missing chunk.) My shell, even with the missing section may still look better than the two currently available. The finish does look shinier than some of my 1668/1688 shells. I also have a 221 and the 238 E is slightly shinier than it is, too.
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