Reposting in this forum:

Looking for input /suggestions on the correct model paints (available in todays market, preferably Scalecoat) for a 1935 Hiawatha Atlantic and 5 passenger cars.  All MILW fans know the orange and maroon/red changed over the years and from batch to batch, but the lack of color film in 1935 makes it darn near impossible to find a color picture of clean 1935 equipment as painted   

Can anyone out there suggest paint mixes or a resource that lists them for this equipment other than the two I already have?;1984 Model Railroader which lists paint mixes but all are in Floquil.  "Hiawatha First of the Speedliners" by Milwaukee  Shops Inc (1992) is the best work on the subject and goes into specific detail of paints used.  They suggest the following:  Scalecoat Reefer Orange ,  Testors 1104 red, Testors Gloss Gull Gray, and Floquil ATSF Mineral Brown for the underbody.  I created sample cards of all of these and have been trying to match the  red, gray, and underbody brown with Scalecoat and Tru color.  The orange, red, and underbody brown do not match either Fox Valley Models 1935 Hiawatha, or Walthers 1948 version  (The two models don't match each other fyi)

The Reefer Orange just doesn't seem to match any MILW orange in color photos,  the Testors red doesn't seem brown enough, the Gray is right on, and of course Floquil is long gone.   Does anyone know if the model paint colors have been changed by manufactures in the past 25 years?  

For my custom painted MILW diesels,  Tru Color or Scalecoat Milw Orange is simple enough.  They are weathered to different degrees and these two work fine considering the know variations in MILW Orange in the diesel fleet.   But I am looking to recreate a shiny new Hiawatha consist and would like the colors to be right on.  This has turned into a quest,  as I have reached out to paint manufactures, model manufactures, custom painters, and several others without any results.  Any help is appreciated. Attached pic is of the passenger car components after prep and before primer.