Bob,
I missed this post and was just about to post mine as I just received them today. Yes they look 100 times better. The only odd thing is they did not paint the Diaphragms - see 4th picture - If you look at them close it is just raw plastic molded to that color. The few pictures that I can find of the back of a T&P F7 show they were either body color or black. I think I can fix that myself.
Last picture shows the old shells for reference next to an Atlas Mopac F3. Remember the Mopac and T&P were there own entity and the T&P always painted there engines close to the Mopac but not exactly and was a thorn in the side of Mopac until complete take over. Swamp Holly GP7 and GP9's for example. Different looking F units.
The Mopac Alco FA's arrived with the same paint as the T&P F7's last week. Personally I think this is wrong as the Mopac unit should look more like the Atlas F3's. But anything is better than the prior F7 paint color.
Thank you Lionel for fixing these - I will not have to wear a sack over my head to run them in public.