I have an Intermountain set of CB&Q FT A-B units, which I am going to complete with a Highliners A unit built as a F2. I am going to match the Intermountain units as closely as possible to make a complete F2/FT set. - John Manion Denver, CO
Dave,
I would say either photo #1, #2 or #3 is correct!
John
On 5/28/2021 12:21 PM, Dave Lotz wrote:
So…what is the “correct” CB&Q F-unit
color on the attached prototype photos?
😉
Dave Lotz
I have graybacks from Walthers, Broadway
Limited, and Intermountain, and of the three, Broadway Limited
has the most authentic color. The others have a yellowish
tint, with Walthers worst and Intermountain barely
perceptible. Intermountain is too white. I haven’t seen the
other manufacturers F units, but if anyone has F units from
all five, it would be interesting to see them lined up side by
side from the best to the worst.
GPs, SDs, and Alcos in CB&Q the
blackbird scheme are another story entirely, where paint
colors ranges from very dark on early Walthers models to a
bluish gray on Broadway limited and very light brownish gray
on Bachmann Alcos. Bowser (Stewart) CB&Q gray is close the
Model Flex CB&Q gray, which was supposed to be color
matched to paint chips. I haven’t seen a model painted with
Tru Color CB&Q blackbird gray (the also have a Chinese red
scheme gray) or their grayback gray, but it would be
interested to hear opinions on their authenticity.
Nelson Moyer
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