Trainfest Milwaukee 2015

[milw156]

I used the GMM ones on my 5 Kato U30C's.





Not the best photos but you get the idea. Funny how much the orange looks different under different lighting conditions.

Steve

Nice U boats! Matt showed me an engine that he had used the GMM ones on, and they were much finer, and even had openings for the leading and following edges in addition to the sides. Might mean it's time to send the thru the shops again to get updated! Thanx for sharing, Always nice to see Milwaukee units!
Rick

[Bob Horn]

Rick, I have 3 foobs to paint for a friend, do you think that GN orange is a close enough match for MILW orange??? Bob.

[wazzou]

GN Orange isn't even close.

[milw156]

Rick, I have 3 foobs to paint for a friend, do you think that GN orange is a close enough match for MILW orange??? Bob.

Bryan is right, there are several my LHS has several different manufacturers of Milwaukee Road orange, I have seen Trucolor Scalecoat, and Modelflex recently, On the microscale website, under resources is this chart
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/Floquil%20Color%20Chart.pdf
which says Testors Orange if pre 1973, and Tamiya orange if after '73
Bill Denton used Scalecoat on the FM 10-44 at the top of page 6 of this topic
Rick

[Rossford Yard]

I did buy a small bottle of MILW orange at Trainfest, thinking it was a match for the old IHB orange (makes sense since it was half MILW owned) Hope it works.

Also, wanted to add my late kudos to all things Trainfest. I arranged a business trip to Milwaukee around getting there a day early for TF, and wasn't disappointed.  Great show, lots of energy. Even our largest show in DFW seems to be a bit short on the energy factor the last few years, but maybe that's because I see the same vendors, stock, even in the same locations in the building.

Love being able to talk to the manufacturers and some of the bigger national dealers. Only complaint was the speaker for the state of the hobby clinic didn't show, and they seemed as mystified as the potential attendees, so these things can happen.

Hope I am still working up north next year, as I would love to attend.

[altohorn25]

A few photos of some of my heavyweight equipment running on the modutrak layout.  The Milw S3 is a Jim Stillman casting (still haven't figured out how to get the tender shell to sit lower); the Pacific is a repainted Model Power unit.  I painted all these heavyweights; the photos are taken on my Wisconsin Dells modules.  The bridge is kit bashed from two Walthers kits and Micro Engineering parts.

Nate

[sd45elect2000]

Great looking trains Nate !!


Randy

[w neal]

with visitors southern Alberta Rail among others.

Finally, a long train on the "Mod'"! 

[Santa Fe Guy]

Great looking bridge Nate.
Rod.

[milw156]

Here is a video of the Canadien Pacific Christmas train crossing the 12 inch to the foot version of Nate's bridge starting at about 2 minutes