CSX Blue and Yellow

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Guys,

I’m trying to paint up a Kato SD40-2 with working ditch lights in CSX’s latest paint colors. Could anyone tell me what kind of blue and yellow to use and what brand? The guys at my LHS didn’t know.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=262471&nseq=60

I don’t model CSX and once done I might consider selling it on EBay. I purchased the unit with the idea to paint it up as MRL’s only true SD40-2 #250 but now Athearn RTR has come out with a very nice model that I am just going to purchase. I picked CSX because they probably won’t come out with it.

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Polly-Scale makes the paint ,The colours you need are CSX New Image Gold and CSX New Image Blue.There may be other brands but the are the ones that I use.

Micro-Scale has the decals.

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Catt is correct on the YN3 colors.

Actually I believe it should be GN1 since its CSX Gold and not CSX Yellow.

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Thanks catt and drake.

Has anyone done a paint job of the new colors that would like to share?

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Would you guys know the number for those paints? I have been to two of my LHS and both don’t have the paint and can’t find it either.

I was painting another engine yesterday with some Floquil ATSF Blue (Didn’t come out like Santa Fe’s blue, even after 4 coats) and it kind of looks like it could match the CSX Blue.

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Floquil also sells the New Image blue and gold.
http://www.testors.com/category/133505/Railroad_Enamels

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Here’s the Polyscale color charts (hover over the color to get the part # :

http://www.testors.com/category/137370/Railroad_Acrylics

Modelflex has a new distributor:

http://www.modelflexpaint.com/index.html

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Great, thanks guys!