Case C and L color and striping layout

Here's the info I promised for Case Vac Man and Nicholas Covey. Some folks say when you ask me what time it is, I tell you how to make a watch.

The top image is hood detail from a 1935 C. White stripes are 1/8 inch wide, red stripe is 3/8 inch wide, and gaps between stripes are 3/8 inch wide. Stripes are centered on the embossed letters, which are silver.

The middle image is fender detail from a 1935 C. Measure in 3/8 inch from edge and lay a 3/8 inch red stripe. Measure in another 3/8 inch and lay a 1/8 inch wide stripe. L fender striping is the same.

The bottom image is hood detail from a 1937 L. Stripes are the same as on the C, but aligned with the bottom of the embossed lettering.

I laid out the pattern with blue masking tape made for this purpose. It comes in precisely-measured widths. I scuffed the exposed LC Gray with steel wool and wiped it with a tack cloth, and then brushed on acrylic enamel in the striping colors with an artist's brush.

Both tractors are the same color (LC Gray); the lighting is just different. The C was professionally painted with Case paint, and I painted the L myself in front of the barn on a still day with DuPont Centari Acrylic Enamel mixed to match the Case paint. The DuPont Centari has held up a little better, I think.

When I get a free minute, I'll take a piece of the C to them and see if they can just give me the formula for it without actually making the paint. Several folks have expressed an interest in it.

Incidentally, it took most of a gallon for the L, and by the time I got the paint, reducer and hardener, I had over $100 in it. Like an old-time steam engineer and retired railroader once told me, "Good things ain't cheap, and cheap things ain't good!"

I have one to paint in the near future. It is original but it is very hard to see the original detail.

Incidently I used New Holland Red on the wheels etc of my C when I painted it a few years back. I could not tell the difference between it and Case red and I could not buy the Case red from Case when I did the job. I did get LC grey from Case.