I remember several (actually quite a few) negative comments about the red on the otherwise excellent Atlas Warbonnet F units last year. Has anyone tried overspraying the red with gloss or semi-gloss to brighten them up a bit?
There is a full ABBA set on the FS board that are beautiful except for the red which appears rather 'dull' IMO. Especially with the terrific 'stainless' plating on these...
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Mine are still in box since I moved but I wouldnt mess with them. Id be afraid to mess up the stainless panels, even trying to mask them off. Sure SF engines were well maintained but that high gloss red didnt last long. The silver just got resprayed often
I have a set Sam and I would not dream of spraying them. Ain't nothing in life perfect, but these are the most beautiful diesels I have ever seen.
Live with the less than perfect red? Yes, indeed.
Laidoffsick posted:Sure SF engines were well maintained but that high gloss red didnt last long. The silver just got resprayed often
I agree, and I saw lots of them in revenue service. (And ran som≈e.)
The colored paint was Dupont Duco lacquer, which soon lost its gloss in the sun and wind, and the mild acid spray at the Barstow "scrub" (engine wash track at the diesel shop). The color stayed true, though, and the paint was not chalky, just not glossy, sort of a very low sheen. And the pilots were sprayed with aluminum enamel every time the engines came to the roundhouse at L.A. There were newspaper photographers on hand at Pasadena for the Chief and Super Chief every day, as many celebrities began and ended train trips there, so Santa Fe, always image conscious, made sure there would not be a mark on the front of the rednose diesel pulling the train.
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