My approach to painting models is to paint for a new paint job and let weathering do the rest. The only up front paint modification I make is to paint the initial coat with a slight fade of the base color. That has more to do with introducing
randomness into the freight car fleet for any given road, especially when I have lots of the same car classes, like stock cars, reefers and gondolas. Everything else can be handles during weathering.
Nelson Moyer
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Greg
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 2:09 PM
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Subject: [SPAM]Re: [CBQ] Stewart F units
Dave brings up a very valid point…
Color is very subjective based on lighting conditions and other colors being viewed at the same time; not to mention the effects of fading and weathering. Also, the same paint can vary in shade and hue based
on the manufacturer or the lot.
My basic rule of thumb is to go with what looks correct to your eye. Modelers do not like that answer as they, especially newer modelers, want a strict hard fast answer as to what is correct and what is incorrect
when in fact, many different variations on the same color can all be correct at the same time.
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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