They’re all correct. The differences are due to age of paint job, time since last washed, and lighting. Modelers can compensate for all of these. What is at issue is the initial new paint color. Based upon these photos, I think the Broadway
Limited F3 ABBA set recently issued has the best prototype paint job, but as I said, I don’t have the other manufacturers products for comparison.
Nelson Moyer
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Dave Lotz
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So…what is the “correct” CB&Q F-unit color on the attached prototype photos?
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Dave Lotz
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Nelson Moyer
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Stewart F units
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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