Hey everyone,
Now that I have more time than usual, I was hoping to repaint a locomotive. Does anyone know the proper match for the blue and grey for the Amtrak Phase V Dash 8 40 BWH?
I can’t believe no one responded to this one.
I don’t know, but maybe someone can help.
The OP is a long time member that recently returned to the forums. I hope he is still around.
-Kevin
The colors look very similar to UK carriages. At a guess – It could be
Modern Haze Gray – Tru-color TCP 1042
Garter Blue Humbrol RC 404
The red I do not know. Whatever, I am sure others know better.
David
I did some searching around and found this:
https://www.railroad.net/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=59157
This guy used Tru-color Platinum Mist and Floquil light blue.
Mike.
Best I can advise is to make contact with the paint experts on RyPN and see what they have for the actual paint codes. You could then either do a card match or see if you can obtain samples for photometric determination, or comparison with dry samples of model paint mixtures.
It is a little hard to think of Phase V locomotives being a target of preservation – but the Amtrak dash-8s have been in that category a long time. (Aren’t they dash-8-32-BWHs?)
I know Atlas did engines in this scheme, and contacting them might produce at least the paint codes they used.