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It seems as if all agree that the Imitation Aluminium is not an acceptable color for the Graybacks. And that it doesn't match the tops of hood units either. Could the Imitation Aluminium be the color on the sides of the painted E7s? Could it be the color of the painted nose on E units? Larry Owen Bolingbrook, IL Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Nelson Moyer npmoyer@hotmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Date: 3/6/17 8:57 AM (GMT-06:00) To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CBQ] Painting question for a friend NO! Model Flex Imitation Aluminum is not even close to the light gray color of CB&Q F units. It's much too dark. I haven't seen the new Tru Color paint for graybacks, so I can't opine about that. A Paint Shop article in Model Railroader many years ago recommended using reefer white with a few drops of black. Among the commercially painted F units, the Intermountain FT units seem to have the best paint color. The Walthers P2K models are yellowish, which is unacceptable. I don't have any Stewart/Bowser F units for comparison. If the Tru Color version is correct, I'll repaint and decal my six P2K F units, they're that bad.
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