Need Help. Trying to find appropriate paint colors for this switch tower

It depends on what railroad you want to depict.  Search for some color online photos and copy them.  In my case, I used PRR "structure light" for the tower and "structure dark" for the trim.  These colors are custom mixes of Polly Scale paints.

Nice Bob. Thanks. How did you make your window shades?

Like Bob said, find a color scheme that fits your favorite railroad and go for it.

I use a mix of Lackawanna green w/ red trim or EL red (one color fits all) to fit my favorite time in the history of both. If you do the Conrail or other merger eras you can mix it up pretty much the way you like it. It adds to the richness of the look and feel of theme of your layout.

Conductor Earl   

Problem is finding them in color, and when you do they look so beat up... you cannot tell what color they were.

The window shades are unpainted manila folder pieces taped on the inside with masking tape.  Note that to put shades on the 1st floor you'll need to cut a hole in the base of the tower.  I used a Dremel disk and cut a big square opening so I could get my fingers in there.  Since the lower level will not be lit, viewers can't tell there is no floor.

JDaddy; Here's a pix of the first release by Walthers of this interlocking tower which I think looks more prototypical than your second release color scheme....

The colors are a bit startling. Somehow, it makes me hungry for French-fries.

At least it's not making you hungry for sliders. 

Art

LOL... Yes the colors make you want to head for the giant arches... or maybe its because it close to lunch time...

Art, are they on the menu for Sunday the 2nd?

Medium gray with either dark green or maroon trim was used by a lot of railroads and would blend in with most scenery or railroad yard scenes. 

This one is close to yours.

Interesting, guess there is a prototype for almost everything.

"Somehow, it makes me hungry for French-fries."  A perfectly normal reaction.

http://www.ask.com/science/red...gry-185c9f22bb9bc92f

My daughter was recently graduated from college with a degree in marketing.   Yesterday, in a conversation in the car, passing McDonald's, she explained that red and yellow make you hungry.

I guess the quarter-million I spent on her education was not wasted.

I am in the minority about this, but yellow is my favorite color and I would leave it just the way it is.

Personally, I like yellow. If it is too much for you, you might try taking out the window glazing and shooting the whole thing will dullcote.

I agree that the yellow paint scheme is fine but it definitely needs to be toned down and weathered.  I would spray it with dull coat and then use chalks to weather and then dull coat again to seal it.  If you leave the windows in during the process they will probably just look dirty and that would be pretty realistic in my opinion.

Art