hopkintoncedar
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Looking for a reference to that Old Town Paint Chart, cant find one. Todd
What does old town pattern #23 look like?
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hopkintoncedar
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Thankis!
Very much appreciated. Anyone got an idea as to the color codes or current paint manufacturers enamel color names for that pattern? I assume we are looking at some kind of tan and brown with an orange trim stripe?
Very much appreciated. Anyone got an idea as to the color codes or current paint manufacturers enamel color names for that pattern? I assume we are looking at some kind of tan and brown with an orange trim stripe?
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I would encourage you to pick some shades that look good to you. Old Town changed paint suppliers several times over the years so there were not any PMS or other specifications used. "Tan and brown with an orange trim stripe" sounds like a great start.
Benson
Rob Stevens
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
There's an index here;
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/index.html
I found it by searching this site for "designs".
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/index.html
I found it by searching this site for "designs".
JClearwater
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
My #23
On my 1936 Otca the colors were reversed, black on top orange on the bottom. Attached is a picture of my canoe and a copy of the build record that Benson posted. I can't say that the colors on the canoe are original, the stripe is obviously gone and it looks more red than orange but for what it's worth you can take a look.
Good luck,
Jim C.
On my 1936 Otca the colors were reversed, black on top orange on the bottom. Attached is a picture of my canoe and a copy of the build record that Benson posted. I can't say that the colors on the canoe are original, the stripe is obviously gone and it looks more red than orange but for what it's worth you can take a look.
Good luck,
Jim C.
Attachments
MGC
Scrapmaker
Color charts
There's so much information squirreled away on this site. It's a real pity that we lost so much back in 2004. There would have been even more!
Here are color charts from an older thread.
You should be able to match up to these fairly easily.....if you have your paints custom mixed.
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?7345-Old-Town-color-chart-circa-1920
There's so much information squirreled away on this site. It's a real pity that we lost so much back in 2004. There would have been even more!
Here are color charts from an older thread.
You should be able to match up to these fairly easily.....if you have your paints custom mixed.
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?7345-Old-Town-color-chart-circa-1920
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Variations from the standard designs were not unusual. I have a similar green and white Molitor from the factory as shown at http://forums.wcha.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=15153&d=1303738511 and http://forums.wcha.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=7787&d=1244901125 here.
Benson
