ILLINOIS CENTRAL had probably the most famous midwest scheme, the beloved by the employees Black Beauty scheme. All one needs to duplicate that is a white stripe or two. Much better than those Pennsy parallel stripes. Late '60's ROCK ISLAND maroon is good, too.
boB Nicholson ______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "vito4cal" <gibson@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@> wrote: > > > > Butch, > > > > > > > > While not a factor when I first started as I did not know 1 from the other, > > the relative simplicity of PRR schemes became a very definite positive. When > > compared to the very fancy Midwest and Southeast F and especially E unit > > schemes the PRR is very simple. I have not done 5 stripe decaling yet but I > > would rather wrangle decals than do masking for 4 colors! The most complex > > scheme I have is B&O which I would NEVER paint myself. > > > ============================================================= > > LOL you are a sitting duck with that comment my friend. I am sooooo tempted > to comment about that _______ brown color PRR used. However, > I will restrain myself. > > I will comment that you left out the Western & Northern railroads on your > list. In fact, just about every RR had colorful schemes on their first > generation diesel road power EXCEPT PRR (not sure if lightening strips > counts). > > I will admit it is a PIA to paint the compund curves on the hoods of SP Black > Widow units but in the end it is worth it. > > Puttin' on the flame suit. > > John Gibson > Rocklin, CA > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
