CN Modelers....Please help!!!!!!

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I was wondering what would be a good color match for the red orange color on the engine?
Thank you
Travis
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=68002

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Floquil has CN Orange.

Bob Boudreau

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Testors Model Master Chevrolet Engine Red is a better match for this colour. It’s available in regular enamel and in acrylic.

I think Floquil’s CN Orange is the same colour as Accupaint CN Red-Orange. That colour is suitable for the 1964 "Big Noodle"and safety stripe schemes, and early applications of the 1974 high-angle safety stripes. After the mid-eighties most shops started applying a colour that was more red, which became the norm for the 1992 “North America” scheme seen in the photo and later schemes.

Here’s a model done with the Testors colour:

http://tinyurl.com/e6s75

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I use Chevy Engine Red and add a couple of drops of reefer white to lighten it up just a hair.

Ric
Grafton, NS

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Ahh, you Maritimers think you know everything! [:D]

There’s also Floquil’s Amtrak Red.

Bob Boudreau

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Dont we know everything LOL

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I oughta, after twenty-odd years of painting CN engines…[:o)]

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Aren’t you 'cross da Bay bye? I just find the CN Orange toooo orange for the modern engines. Works well for the faded GP38-2s but stick that colour on a Dash 9 or SD70/75 and it looks waaaaaaay wrong.

Ric

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Canadian Model Trains now stocks ALL colours that have ever been associated with our beloved CN, aka CN-SIG paints. You can visit the website below, or if you are ever in Toronto you can visit their store. http://www.modeltrains.com/products2.htm

Credit Valley Railway Co Ltd. stocks Scalecoat CN-SIG paints as well. http://www.cvrco.com That’s where I got my CN Green and Yellow.

Trevor

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Thanks a lot guys as a IC modeler I was alittle lost!