Can anyone suggest a spray paint color match for Santa Fe freight blue, Krylon or another brand? MTH is out of SF colored pilots for my SD45.
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Mark,
I don't know of a spray paint that is a ready match for MTH's version of ATSF blue. Weaver makes ATSF blue in a spray can in the Scale Coat and Scale Coat II lines, but it is darker than MTH's rendition of Santa Fe blue. The closest model railroad color I know of is Polyscale ATSF Blue, but you would need an airbrush to spray it. I've used brushes to apply this color to relatively small areas with satisfactory results. I used Polyscale ATSF blue on the MTH engine pictured below to paint the filler piece that fixes the pilot to the frame and on the front deck extension above the anti-climber. It's a pretty close match.
Do you actually need a new pilot or by chance did you mean the snow plow?
RM
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Need both front and rear pilots for the RK SF SD45; thanx for the info about the paints.
