Marshall,
Thanks for your input. I model in O scale and would be looking for
that size. I have thought about trimming the red border to make it
look more like the older emblems. I have a number of books and many
photos of Burlington equipment but a clear shot of that tender
emblem in the old days is elusive. I did note that the larger power
did use the wide red border in the late 30's so Walthers decals
would probably be correct for those engines.
I plan on painting a scratch built K-2 and would sure like to be
reasonably accurate. I model the 1925-1935 time period. (That's
before my time!)
Tom
Tom -
>
> Walthers Decals were seldom very close to accurate. If you need
HO or N
> scale, you'll want the sets I designed for Microscale a couple of
years ago.
> There are two sets. One is for the "Superpower" types (4-6-4/4-8-
4/2-10-4)
> beginning in the early '30s, (which includes the various correct
sizes and
> different borders [plus the "aeolus" streamliners.] This set is
the design
> Walthers was attempting to represent. The other Microscale sheet
is probably
> the one you are referring to, which was used on all other engines
up to the
> end (except for a handful, including fan-tripper 4960, which,
after post-mid-
> '50s repaint sometimes got standard GP-7 style logo decals). The
tender
> herald does have a thinner red border outside the gold outline of
the black
> rectangle, but back in the days before panchromatic film, red
photographed
> like black, and in many earlier CB&Q photos, the red border does
not show
> well.
>
> I think you'll be pleased with the set.
>
> Marshall Thayer
> Mt. Pleasant, IA
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