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<font size=3>At 06:32 PM 10/17/2009, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>I'd like a
model version of the red that the N&W put on their passenger cars.
Not what so-and-so thinks looks right, or what it looks like in the
morning sun, or after being faded for 7 months. Just what they put on
their passenger cars in the shop. Anything other than that is just
opinion. </blockquote><br>
Everything, including YOUR opinion, is just that: opinion.<br><br>
If you were repainting the original equipment, then paint today would NOT
be the same as paint used then. Processes change, even if chemistry
does not. I suspect someone with an opinion similar to yours would
find that the paint used then applied to a 1:1 scale car today would look
wrong and the fix would be simple, or cut and dried.<br><br>
Perception is incredibly important, and so is attitude. I'm really
sorry, but that won't change because you want it to change.<br><br>
I have seen an HO scale B&O F3 painted with paint drawn from a
leftover original paint storage container that was sealed against
oxidation. You can't get any more "true" to the prototype
than that, right? The thing looked black except under a photo flood
light and then it looked like the darkest navy blue. Show me
ANY photo or extant prototype of a B&O that looks that dark in any
light. You will not find it.<br><br>
So people are just going to have to deal with others' perceptions and
opinions as valid unless they volunteer to BE the modeling
committee. It may sound harsh, but I've seen this kind of
debate in every modelers' forum and historical society of which I have
been a member. The color under discussion varies, but rarely the
opinions or arguments.<br><br>
Warmest regards,<br><br>
Dave<br>
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