Marshall & Johnathan
Thanks for your input. The picture I am looking at was included with the decal
sheet and is a xerox copy of a photo. There are no dates on the photo but the
engine looks pristine and the smokebox is definitely a darker color than the
boiler. The Russian iron idea may be correct. I think I will play it safe and
go with the "standard" scheme used in later years. The engine appears to me as
they appeared in the 40's and I have seen no photos from the really early
years. The mogul in the photo supplied by microscale does not have the large
air tank mounted between the steam dome and the sand dome that this engine and
the photos I have seen are equipped with.
Thanks Again.
Gene
jonathanharris@e... wrote:
> Gene --
> I'm curious to know what picture you're looking at and what year (more or
> less) you're trying to represent. A few of the early C&Sng engines may have
> retained Russia Iron boiler jackets for a few years, but my impression is
> that such finish -- if it existed -- disappeared pretty quickly and
> certainly was not characteristic of the C&S (although it was common on
> predecessor roads). Many of the earlier (pre-1910) photos in Coleman's
> Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume VI (C&S Motive Power) show what appear to be
> lighter boiler jackets (lighter than the cabs), but it's hard to know
> exactly how they should be interpreted. For the most part they lack the
> lustre and transluscence that show through even in black & white photos of
> Russia Iron. Coleman speculates that one of the engines (#9, p. 47 of that
> book) may have had a green boiler jacket c.1910, and it looks plausible;
> several contemoraneous photos in that volume have a similar appearance.
> Coleman says that on other roads green jackets were used more on passenger
> than freight engines (so if you're painting one of the 2-6-0s you might
> consider it), but I don't know whether anyone actually has confirmed that
> such a paint scheme ever was used on the C&S. As for the dark smokebox,
> might it be either soot (if flat) or just VERY fresh graphite (if shiny)?
>
> By the way, the intertwined C&S cab logo is also a very early feature.
> Depending on how 'back-dated' the engine is, it may or may not be
> appropriate. If I were modeling anything later than about 1906, I'd play it
> safe and stick with both the later lettering scheme and with the standard
> black/graphite paint scheme. But it really depends on what specific engine
> and what year. Things changed a lot during the first decade of the C&S's
> existence.
>
> Jonathan
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> >I am in the process of finishing a C&S narrow gauge engine for a friend.
> >Microscale makes a C&S steam locomotive decal sheet that includes the
> >early scheme with a large number on the tender, C & S above the number
> >and a Colorado Road herald on the cab. The data sheet with the decals
> >shows the placement for both styles, however, the black and white
> >picture of the older scheme appears to be different than the normal
> >black with graphite smokebox. The boiler looks to be a lighter shade of
> >color than the smokebox. Does anyone know what the paint scheme was for
> >the early C&S engines??
> >Thanks
> >Gene
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