John,
I don't get hung up on color, except when it's supposed to match on the same engine. The gray in the decal stripes doesn't come anywhere near matching the gray paint at the top of the unit. It will look like it's not the stripes are a different color. The photos I have and have seen show it's supposed to be the same color...
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 10:56 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ]
You guys get way too hung up on color matching. Weather the things. No two engines colors match any others after they weather a little bit and it doesn't take long. Colors fade, get dirty (with all colors of dirt) and just generally change with time. Heck, some them didn't match when they were brand new. And they look different in different lighting conditions. Add to mix, the fact that when they are repainted, they seldom look the same as new. The same goes for cars. If you want them to look like real railroad equipment make them different. That's just my viewpoint and opinion. You can do as you like. After all it is your railroad.
--- On Wed, 12/12/12, Bryan Howell <tubaman21@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Bryan Howell <tubaman21@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ]
To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 10:22 PM
The BRHS used to have a Manufacturer Liaison, but I am not sure if we still do. If we don't and someone wants to do it, I don't think anyone would say no. I know Walthers has been receptive to corrections in the recent past when errors were noted by CNW fans on their recent run of CNW Geeps.
Bryan J. Howell
Some manufacturers work with historical societies to approximate prototype color chips, so why can’t this be done for the Q? We have one of the most distinctive switcher color schemes in railroading, and yet none of the manufacturers paint colors are either consistent or close to prototype colors.
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