One of the big issues with paint color on models is that most models are now being painted in China, where the models are manufactured and assembled. In conversations with manufacture reps in the past, they have told me one of the biggest challenges with RTR has been getting the colors “right”, as the “conversation” does not seem to translate to Chinese very easily. Adding to the problem is most Chinese manufactures do not use the model paints that are available to us. They use Chinese paint, which they are mixing themselves. The paint formulas are different, so getting exact matches is difficult. So you can advocate all you want for a certain paint color, but you may get “what ever is mixed and applied by the factory”. Which I know is very frustrating for those attempting to build a large fleet.
Doug Harding
www.iowacentralrr.org